Cable / Telecom News

Telus, TWU go back to the table

BURNABY – Small teams of Telus management negotiators and Telecommunications Workers Union members will meet tomorrow to re-start negotiations aimed at ending the two-month-old strike. Darren Entwistle, president and CEO of Telus and Bruce Bell, president of the TWU made a joint announcement today saying the two sides are getting back together. Entwistle “will be personally engaged in these discussions,” says a press release. And, the two sides also agreed to a communications embargo. “Further communications related to this latest attempt to reach a negotiated settlement will be forthcoming as appropriate,” concluded the release.