Telus workers threaten further action if no deal reached

BURNABY, B.C. – A union representing Telus workers is threatening to escalate actions in the absence of a better labour deal with the telecom giant. Hundreds of Telus workers and members of the United Steelworkers union have been going through picket training over the past several weeks after the union and the country’s third largest telecom could not hammer out a tentative agreement on a new labour deal. Since then, the union has said Telus has refused to resume negotiations. “In the coming days we will commence a new phase of escalated actions across the country, which we intend will...