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BC's largest union to sever all ties with TELUS

The B.C. division of the Canadian Union of
Public Employees - the largest union in the province, with 70,000 members - is
about to put Telus permanently on hold.
CUPE BC has begun negotiations with other telecommunications providers to
replace the division office's landline, Internet and mobile phone services.
The move - a direct response to the labour impasse between the Vancouver-based
telecommunications giant and the Telecommunication Workers Union (TWU) - makes
CUPE the first union in Canada to launch a full-scale boycott of TELUS
products.
"We can no longer have ourselves in a position where we as a union are
being serviced by someone who is so anti-union," says CUPE BC president
Barry O'Neill.
"We can no longer tolerate the way that TELUS treats its own workers, and
this is the best way to send out that message. We have tried downgrading
services, dropping unnecessary products and urging our members not to open new
accounts, but it's clear that the only way to get (TELUS CEO)
Darren Entwistle's attention is to cut the line completely."
The union reached the decision earlier this month at its executive board
meeting. The plan calls for the division office to set up new phone and
Internet accounts with the hope that area offices, locals and the vast
majority of B.C.'s 70,000 CUPE members will follow suit.
"Hopefully, other unions will follow our example and send the same
message to Mr. Entwistle: if TELUS wants to assault workers' rights, then we
can assault your bottom line."

For further information: Contact: Barry O'Neill, President:
(604) 916-8444 or Dan Gawthrop, Communications Representative: (604) 291-1940

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