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.
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