Canadian Labour Reporter

Telus, union agree to deal VANCOUVER — Telus and its union have reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year deal. The next step for the nearly 11,000 members of the Telecom- munications Workers Union (TWU) are ratification votes. "Following several months of very challenging negotiations, a tentative agreement has been reached on a proposed new con- tract between our members and Telus," said Lee Riggs, TWU na- tional president. "Our members will have the opportunity to fully examine and consider all details of the tentative agreement before par- ticipating in ratification votes in coming weeks." Ratification meetings will be- gin mid-October and are expect- ed to conclude in November. "The negotiations teams have worked together to reach a fair agreement that effectively bal- ances the needs of our team members, customers and share- holders," said Darren Entwistle, president and CEO of Telus. Details of the tentative deal will not be publicly released until affected employees have the op- portunity to vote. Students' union workers vote for CUPE REGINA — Employees of the University of Regina Students' Union (URSU) have reaffirmed their commitment to the Cana- dian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in a unanimous vote at the Saskatchewan labour rela- tions board. Recently, the URSU board of directors withdrew its voluntary recognition of the local in the midst of bargaining, forcing the issue to a vote at the board, ac- cording to the union. "URSU's response to our dem- ocratic vote has been to allude that CUPE will need to start over and negotiate a first collective agreement," said Neil Petrich, president of the local. CUPE has filed an unfair la- bour practice application with the labour relations board chal- lenging this assertion, as well as URSU's exclusion of supervi- sors. At the board hearing, Carl Flis, general manager of URSU, refused to agree to supervisors being included in the same bar- gaining unit with other employ- ees, according to the union. As a result, the Labour Re- lations Board has created two bargaining units represented by CUPE: one for supervisors and one for other employees, said the union. The application will be heard Dec. 19 to 21, 2016. Wedgewood workers sign with OPSEU BROCKVILLE, ONT. — Workers at Chartwell Wedge- wood Retirement Community voted to become members of the Ontario Public Service Employ- ees Union (OPSEU). Fifty-five staff members are looking for better wages and a more consistent application of policy, according to the union. Wedgewood staff had been seeking union representa- tion even before the home was bought last May by Chartwell. LABOUR BRIEFS 2 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 FORMERLY CLV REPORTS Serving labour relations professionals since 1956 www.labour-reporter.com Published weekly by omson Reuters Canada Ltd. Subscription rate: $595 per year Customer Service Tel: (416) 609-3800 (Toronto) (800) 387-5164 (outside Toronto) Fax: (416) 298-5106 Email: carswell.customerrelations@ thomsonreuters.com Website: www.carswell.com Director, Carswell Media Karen Lorimer Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Todd Humber Editor/Supervisor Sarah Dobson | (416) 649-7896 sarah.dobson@thomsonreuters.com News Editor John Dujay | (416) 298-5129 john.dujay@thomsonreuters.com Contributing Editor Jeff rey R. Smith Marketing Co-ordinator Keith Fulford | (416) 649-9585 keith.fulford@thomsonreuters.com © 2016 Carswell, a division of omson Reuters Canada Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the written permission of the publisher. e publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting or other professional advice. If legal or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. e analysis contained herein represents the opinion of the authors and should in no way be construed as being either offi cial or unoffi cial policy of any governmental body. ISSN 0045-5113 Publications Registration 2089 Canadian Labour Reporter is part of the Canadian HR Reporter group of publications. Visit www.hrreporter.com for more information. Labour Reporter Canadian www.labour-reporter.com Photo: Alkis Konstantinidis (Reuters) LABOUR LENS A protester shouts slogans as riot police guard the entrance of the labour ministry during a demonstration of hotel employees against government plans for pension reforms in Athens on Sept. 27.

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