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August 30, 2024 by 1996-O Executive

BTS Ontario – Payroll changes (Original post July 12, 2024)

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Payroll Changes-BTS Ontario

Payroll Changes-BTS Ontario

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August 30, 2024 by 1996-O Executive

Telus and Bell Get $8.5 Million

Source: https://www.iphoneincanada.ca

John Quintet

Telus and Bell Get $8.5 Million to Boost Cell Service in 2 Provinces

The CRTC says it is taking steps to improve cellphone service along nearly 100 kilometres of major roads in Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, and Ontario.

 The Commission will provide $17 million to Bell, TBayTel, Telus, and Sogetel Mobilité to build new cell towers and boost cellphone coverage along eight major roads. Bell and Telus will get over $8.5 million combined.

Below is a breakdown of funding and where this money will go to improve cell service:

  • Bell: Approved for up to $1,048,999 to build a cell tower covering 15 km of Route 330 near Gander Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • TBayTel: Approved for up to $5,156,270 to upgrade five cellular sites covering 39 km of Highway 527 in northwestern Ontario.
  • Telus: Approved for up to $7,479,321 to build cellular towers covering 27 km of highways in Quebec.
  • Sogetel Mobilité: Approved for up to $3,594,659 to build cellular towers covering 15 km along Routes 161 and 212 in southeastern Quebec.

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August 30, 2024 by 1996-O Executive

CRTC Broadband Fund: Projects selected in August 2024

Source: https://www.canada.ca/en/radio-television-telecommunications/news

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The CRTC has selected four new projects to receive funding through its Broadband Fund.

The CRTC is committing over $17 million to Bell Canada, TBayTel, TELUS Communications Inc., and Sogetel Mobilité Inc. to build new cell towers and improve cellphone service along nearly one hundred kilometres of major roads in Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, and Ontario. Better coverage will help make it safer for Canadians to travel along these roads.

The CRTC is continuing to assess applications and will make more funding announcements in the coming months.

The selected projects are as follows:

Recipient and province/territory Speeds to be offered for access projects, technology to be used for mobile projects Estimated number of km of roads, and communities to benefit Communities CRTC Broadband Fund contribution (approximate) Decisions
Bell Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Mobile: LTE
  • 15 km of roads (Route 330)
N/A (this project could also provide incidental mobile wireless service to households in adjacent communities) $1.04M CRTC 2024-190
TBayTel, Ontario Mobile: LTE-A
  • 39 km of roads (Highway 527)
N/A (this project could also provide incidental mobile wireless service to households in adjacent communities) $5.15M CRTC 2024-191
TELUS Communications Inc., Quebec Mobile: LTE and 5G
  • 27 km of roads (Routes 204, 232, 234, and 277)
N/A (this project could also provide incidental mobile wireless service to households in adjacent communities) $7.47M CRTC 2024-192
Sogetel Mobilité Inc., Quebec Mobile: LTE-A
  • 15 km of roads (Routes 161 and 212)
N/A (this project could also provide incidental mobile wireless service to households in adjacent communities) $3.59M CRTC 2024-193
TOTAL (for today’s announcement)
  • 96 km of roads
$17.25M

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August 30, 2024 by 1996-O Executive

Premier encourages Yukoners to file CRTC complaints over phone service disruptions

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news

Tessa Vikander · CBC News · Posted: Aug 22, 2024 8:05 PM EDT

Frustration in the Yukon over Bell Mobility’s service is continuing to build, and the premier’s office is encouraging residents to file complaints with the CRTC and ask their phone companies for a one-month credit.

For months, residents have complained of frequently dropped calls, intermittent service and spotty coverage, which has affected individuals, businesses and even front-line workers — such as wildfire fighters and nurses — while they’re on the job.

The issue even prompted the premier to send complaint letters on behalf of all residents.

The premier has also pushed back over what he says has been the company’s inability to properly handle complaints and compensate its customers. Bell owns the majority of Yukon’s cell towers.

“I have heard from wildland firefighter personnel who have had challenges even being able to speak to a Bell technician because the service continued to cut out throughout the call,” reads a complaint letter from Premier Ranj Pillai, to Bell.

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August 30, 2024 by 1996-O Executive

Unifor brings Wescast workers voices to meeting with Ontario Labour Minister David Piccini over $10 million unpaid severance dispute

August 27, 2024

 

Today, Unifor leadership met with Ontario Minister of Labour David Piccini and senior ministerial staff to update the government on the ongoing dispute at Wescast Industries in Wingham, Ontario. The meeting was held as part of Unifor’s continuing efforts to resolve the dispute between the union and the company’s owners, Bohong Industries Group in China over approximately $10 million in unpaid severance and termination pay owed to nearly 200 workers.

The dispute between Unifor and Wescast began after the company withhold funds owed to workers who elected to relinquish recall rights after prolonged layoffs at the plant. Workers became eligible for the payments in April, 2024. The union’s delegation to the Minister of Labour included National President Lana Payne and Ontario Regional Director Samia Hashi who were also joined by senior union staff and Laura Collison, a Local 4207 member and 44-year veteran worker of the Wingham plant, who shared her personal story with the Minister.

“Our members, many of whom are multi-generational workers at the plant, helped build this company and now are being abandoned,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne. “The financial hardships and emotional toll on workers and their families is unfathomable, with some facing the threat of losing their homes as they struggle to make ends meet. It’s time for this overseas company to do what’s right.”

Collison described the devastating impact this dispute has had on her and how the situation has personally affected workers like herself, many of whom dedicated decades of their work lives to Wescast.

“We were laid off since July 27, 2023 with just one week’s notice and roughly 80 per cent of my brothers and sisters have devoted 25 years or more to the company and many are struggling since then,” said Unifor Local 4207 member at Wescast Laura Collison. “In my 44 years of service, I made countless sacrifices, underwent two shoulder surgeries because of my job, all to ensure the company’s success. Now, they’ve been unresponsive, lacking transparency and not understanding their responsibilities and duties to us. Hard working Canadians deserve better, my more than one hundred fellow employees deserve better, I deserve better.”

While the meeting with the Minister took place today, the union and the company are also engaged in an arbitration over the dispute.

Unifor has pursued several avenues to ensure that Bohong Industries Group is held accountable for its actions and is compelled to honour its legal obligations under Ontario labour laws and the collective agreement between the union and the company.

“We were very pleased at how receptive Minister Piccini was to our concerns and to those of workers like Laura Collison who have suffered for far too long,” said Ontario Regional Director Samia Hashi. “Unifor members at Wescast deserve a just outcome and we will not stop escalating this dispute until workers are paid every cent they are owed.”

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