Telecom unions want govt. action on jobs outsourcing
telecom | 09/03/2021 4:33 pm EDT
Two telecommunication workers’ unions, Unifor and the Canadian Union for Public Employees (CUPE), have partnered up to demand the federal government step in to minimize the outsourcing of Canadian jobs overseas in the telecom sector.
The unions -- which represent employees of BCE Inc., Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron, Telus Corp. and Cogeco Inc. -- said in a release Thursday that while telecommunications companies benefit from billions in subsidies and significant profit margins, Canadian jobs are disappearing. Two representatives of the unions, Tulsa Valin-Landry of CUPE Quebec and Renaud
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