Telus takes another step toward a lockout

VANCOUVER - After four and a half years of contract negotiations with the Telecommunications Workers Union (TWU) and an impasse at the bargaining table, western telco Telus today announced it will stop deducting union dues from employees' wages (1.2% of an employee's gross pay) and cease remitting the dues to the TWU. “This action is the latest in a series of lawful lockout measures Telus has taken to put pressure on the bargaining process and achieve a replacement collective agreement. Telus has taken this action due to the lack of any meaningful progress at the bargaining table as well as...