Unions representing Telus workers said the company offered buyouts to roughly 700 employees across Canada. Per The Globe and Mail, the buyouts impact…
, the buyouts impact roughly 100 SQET-CUPE 5044 employees in Quebec, 90 members of SAMT-CUPE 5144 representing Telus management staff and roughly 510 members of Syndicat des Métallos, the Quebec branch of the United Steelworkers Union.
Telus said it made technology investments that enhanced the reliability and efficiency of its infrastructure and is offering voluntary packages to support the transformation in a statement. It also noted that the buyout packages exceed the requirements of the Canada Labour Code.that Telus informed employees that the buyout offers were because of a reduction in workload. Pouliot said that the company moved many of its customer service jobs based in Quebec to countries like Morocco and Romania..
Last year, Telus also had a scuffle with a union after it shuttered an office in Barrie, Ontario and told employees to Elon Musk brushes off Ontario's cancelled $100 million Starlink contractRogers raked in a staggering $5.5 billion in final months of 2024Canadians will soon have to pay more for Bell services like phone and internet
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