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Telus, union, continue battle

BURNABY, B.C. – With a looming deadline, Telus and the Telecommunications Workers Union continue to squabble. "Telus's plan to bribe our members into accepting their unilaterally-imposed deal is not working," said TWU president Bruce Bell, in the latest of the union’s string of press releases. As reported here last week, Telus has decided to impose a contract on its workers, who have been working based on its most recent deal, which expired over four years ago.Telus wants to force a vote of the union membership. The TWU is resisting such a move saying that the contract has not been negotiated....