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Wireless To The Home Project

December 19, 2019

 

To:       All Bell and BTS Locals (Craft)

Re:       Wireless To The Home Project

 

On December 3rd we were asked to attend a meeting in Montreal at the Bell Canada head office to discuss a new proposed Wireless To The Home project (WTTH) for internet in regions where there is no fibre optic infrastructure.

At that meeting it was clear to us that the WTTH project has long been in the works by Bell. According to the company, a pilot project had recently been concluded and they were purportedly looking to now determine who was going to do the work of connecting customers when the project was launched in 2019.

Read more….Letter to Bell & BTS Craft re Wireless to the Home Project

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Structured Cable MOA signed December 14, 2018

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

 

B E T W E E N:

UNIFOR

-and-

BELL TECHNICAL  SOLUTIONS

RE: STRUCTURED CABLING DIVISION

(the “Union/Unifor”)

(“BTS/Company”)

 

 

Whereas the purpose of Letter of Agreement 13 in the Collective Agreement is to outline the terms upon which the parties will work towards formalizing an MOA clarifying the job descriptions and requirements of Technicians and Cable Pullers that are part of the Structured Cabling Division.

 

And whereas the parties have come to an agreement regarding the aforementioned items NOW, THEREFORE THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

  1. This agreement does not replace or supersede letter of agreement #13.

 

  1. The 15 employees identified (Appendix A) in the October 26 2018 meeting will have their common localities adjusted as per the document shared with the bargaining Their status will be changed accordingly if they are warranted of an upgrade in their correct common locality. This will be processed by January 31’1 2019.

 

  1. The work addresses of the structured cabling employees will be corrected in the HR system to reflect the work center associated with their common (see “Appendix 8” for details) This will be processed by January 31’12019

 

  1. The Company will advertise a 1-time posting process by January 31’12019 for only the technicians under the structured cabling division to move to rural areas outside of the GTA where the Company has sustainable

 

Read the full agreement here

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Important Information – BTS Ottawa / Gatineau Daily Loans – LRC Update

Please see the below letter from the Labour Relations Committee

 

Greetings,

 

Last week during our LRC meetings, the Company and the Union came to the following agreement:

 

All employees of Ontario will be scheduled to work 40 hours per week, with no RPT being issued FSU and this offer will begin on Sunday, December 23, 2018 remaining in place until January 5, 2019.

During the period mentioned, the Union consents to having technicians from Gatineau being loaned daily to the Ottawa region.

 

If any employee in Ontario runs out of work during this period, call your manager or the duty manager to indicate that you are available for the remainder of your shift to assign work. If you go home you will not be paid your guaranteed hours.

Should the parties extend this agreement in the New Year for any period of time, we will send out a notice in advance

 

We wish you and your families a safe and happy Holiday and New Year!

 

In Solidarity,

From your Ontario BTS Bargaining Committee; Shawn Cowan, Jim Fling, Jeff Mark, Colum Lynn

 

and

 

Tyson Siddall

Telecommunication Director

Directeur des Télécommunications

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Tuesday, December 18 – Bell Sales Solidarity Day

Attention all members working for Bell Canada companies,


As you may know, we recently began bargaining for members in our Bell Sales certification. The bargaining committee is fighting for respect, maintaining jobs in the bargaining unit and like every one of you, opposing the stacked ranking performance management model.

In support of the committee, Unifor is designating Tuesday, December 18 as Bell Sales Solidarity Day, on which Unifor Bell members across the country are asked to wear red to demonstrate strength and solidarity.

The goal of the day is to demonstrate the widespread support for Unifor members in Bell Sales, in support of their bargaining goals.

I’m asking you to please do the following to make December 18 a success:

  • Wear red on December 18
  • Take photos of you and your coworkers and share them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
  • Use the hashtag #endstackedranking
  • Share the social media graphics which will soon be published on the national Unifor accounts @unifortheunion and facebook.com/uniforcanada

Here are some sample tweets that you can use:

  • I support @Bell Sales workers fighting for respect and better working conditions #endstackedranking
  • Hey @Bell, back off stacked rankings and negotiate a fair deal with Sales workers #endstackedranking
  • .@Bell stacked ranking pits workers against each other and has been abandoned by employers everywhere. #endstackedranking

Our collective action will help the members working in Bell Sales achieve their goals at the table.

In solidarity,

Chris MacDonald                                                             John Caluori
Assistant to the National President                                     Assistant to the Quebec Director

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