VANCOUVER – Telecommunications Workers Union members voted 64.1% in favor of the latest contract offer from Telus, finally ending the four-month-long strike. The company and union had a negotiated settlement in October but it was narrowly defeated during the initial in-person vote (50.3% voted against the deal last time around.In this mail-in ballot, 10,566 members voted (about 1,500 more than last time, 7,258 in favour of the deal. The terms and conditions of the new collective agreement now become effective as of November 20, 2005. 64.1 per cent of the 10,566 employees who voted during the ratification process accepted the...
