Comments on: Silver lining in Telus strike

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 03:06:32 +0000

I’m completely appalled by what is happening with the Telus strike.
“The Union is developed to protect the rights of their employees. Would that not mean that employees need a stable job to come back to?”

TELUS locked out the employees, the employees did not strike.

“The line cuttings, disrupting peoples EMERGENCY services AND encouraging hostile behaviour for employees who are willing to work to feed their families then they are a new organization all together.”

All propoganda. To date no TELUS employee has been found responsible of any of the above behaviour.

“I just can’t believe that there are individuals out there that truly believe that this is the way to handle a labour dispute…’oh we don’t get what we want, let’s not work’”

Lockout, not a strike.

“The irony in this all is they are looking for job security…wouldn’t think their jobs are pretty secure considering the fact that if non-unionized employees did not get what they want and decided to strike they would not be coming back to a job, thats for sure.”

They simply don’t want their jobs contracted out. Ironically TELUS is doing just that, bringing in contract workers in BC after claiming repeatedly they would not outsource jobs.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 05:32:42 +0000

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 05:32:11 +0000

the man ??? at the top of this company is a complete idiot and should be wearing a clowns outfit meaning no disrespect to the clowns as this is an honorable proffession

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 22:29:36 +0000

Telus workers have one of the best deals in the indsutry. In the modern day world when a common man has zero security one fails to understand who us going to benfit from this. To that point companies make effort for soft layoff large workforce to keep the staff lean and in current technology area where VOIP has taken over Telus has done a lot for its workers and all legitimate workers should return to work.

A common man.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:13:52 +0000

I’m completely appalled by what is happening with the Telus strike. The Union is developed to protect the rights of their employees. Would that not mean that employees need a stable job to come back to? The line cuttings, disrupting peoples EMERGENCY services AND encouraging hostile behaviour for employees who are willing to work to feed their families then they are a new organization all together. You minus as well as call them them mafia - threatening others to ensure “fairness” for the union reps. Numerous amount of times the behaviour of a unionized employee has foster individuals that blatently say ‘I can do what I want, I won’t get fired’
I just can’t believe that there are individuals out there that truly believe that this is the way to handle a labour dispute…’oh we don’t get what we want, let’s not work’
The irony in this all is they are looking for job security…wouldn’t think their jobs are pretty secure considering the fact that if non-unionized employees did not get what they want and decided to strike they would not be coming back to a job, thats for sure.

Another funny thought…Bruce Bell…any relation to the Bell Canada family?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:29:28 +0000

It’s probly a case of both. Frightening as it may be, there really are companies run by ppl who act like they belong in the Dilbert comic by whatsisname.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 04:22:05 +0000

Telus is coming off really heavy on this one. Labour disputes in Canada usually don’t take on this kind of tone.

Either they are idiots running the company, or they feel they have nothing to lose. I’m not sure what it is.