QUEBEC CITY – "Bell benefits from the hard work and innovation of Unifor members," said Jerry Dias, Unifor national president, at a rally Tuesday in Quebec in support of Bell workers. "Instead of treating them with respect, the company has continually eroded our jobs and inflicts a stressful work environment on current employees."
Unifor members have experienced a decrease in the number of jobs in virtually all Bell bargaining units across the country in recent years, says the union. Earlier this year, the union discovered Bell had taken action to outsource 1 million installations of its new "Wireless to the Home" technology, a project partially supported by federal grants.
At the rally, Bell workers from across the region marched alongside delegates of Unifor's National Convention to the Bell building, where together, they called on the company to maintain good jobs in Canada's telecommunications industry, and not outsource the jobs of tomorrow.
"At a time of growth and new technology, coupled with an affordability crisis for Canada's workers, corporations like Bell must show leadership with decent work and job security," said Renaud Gagné, Unifor Quebec Director, in the union press release. "It is immoral to take millions in government subsidies while outsourcing good, unionized work."
Submitted photo from Unifor.
