President:
Lee Zommers – acclaimed
Vice President:
Chris Glover – acclaimed
Treasurer:
Brian Lowery – acclaimed
Secretary:
Lloyd Bishop – acclaimed
A message from VP Sanjay Singh
In Solidarity,
Local 1996-O Election Committee
Sisters and Brothers, Please review the latest bulletin. There are still 2 ratification meetings, May 27 at 6:00 p.m. and
tomorrow, Saturday, May 28 at 9:00 a.m Voting closes May 28th 2022, 1pm EST
To Join the BTS Zoom Ratification Meeting, please click the link below:
https://unifor.zoom.us/j/
Sisters and Brothers,
These meetings are scheduled for personal time not company time, evening meetings are for those working day shift. The morning meeting are for those scheduled afternoons, if you are scheduled to work on all the dates and times listed below reach out to the local.
Please see the below schedule for ratification meetings previously posted.
Don’t forget to download the 2 links below to view the agreement and benefits booklet
BTS Ontario Bargaining – Ratification meetings
To Join the BTS Zoom Ratification Meeting, please click the link below:
https://unifor.zoom.us/j/
Download or view the Tentative Agreement Highlights
Highlights – BTS 2022 Final for Ratification
Download and view the benefits booklet
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/huawei-5g-explainer-1.6461391
The federal government is banning China’s Huawei Technologies from involvement in Canada’s 5G wireless network. Here’s a primer on what led up to this decision and what you need to know about this next-generation wireless technology:
5G technology gives Canadians faster phone and internet connections and provides vast data capacity amid growth in innovations and increased demand.
The technology that supports the network has been redesigned from previous generations. 5G relies on multiple antennas to move signals around, bouncing them quickly between locations. Phone users aren’t going to notice the boost in speed if they’re making a call, surfing the internet or using an online app because the difference is about 100 milliseconds, but that difference is noticeable at a larger scale.
The antennas are also smaller and can be placed in more locations like buildings or street lights. Rogers Communications Inc., Bell Canada parent BCE Inc., and Telus Corp. have been expanding their 5G networks over the past few years, beginning in major cities.
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