Many 1996-O BTS Members have seen job postings this summer in regards to the 100 jobs for BTS technicians to apply for at Bell Canada. See the below attached Tentative Memorandum of Agreement between Bell Canada and Unifor.
BTS TECHNICIAN HIRING
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN
BELL CANADA
AND
UNIFOR
REPRESENTING CRAFT AND SERVICES EMPLOYEES
The Company will hire 100 BTS employees to perform functions associated to, but not limited
to, Bell Total Connect, Fibre To The Business (FTTB), Fibre To The Node (FTTN), and
Business FibeTV on FTTN. The Company estimates that these hires will bring the bargaining
unit to more than 4,000 Unifor-represented Craft and Services employees and would increase
the proportion of business work performed by bargaining unit employees from 78% to 87%
based on today’s volumes.
The parties agree as follows:
1. Bell Canada will hire 100 BTS employees to perform functions associated to, but not limited
to, Bell Total Connect, Fibre To The Business (FTTB), Fibre To The Node (FTTN), and
Business F1beTV on FTTN;
2. In assuming capacity of aforementioned business volume, Bell Canada will fill 100 Craft and
Services Regular Full-Time postings, of which 57 postings will be designated for Ontario and
43 for Québec;