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September News
September 30
• New Picket Line Press
• Telus Blows It - Alberta SuperNet now operational throughout the province
• Hot News Heads Up!
• Email from a member
Canada Place Rally - Vancouver
• TWU Hotline for September 30, 2005
March to the Rally - Len Weery stop
• Ford negotiator wins support with talking, not fighting

September 29
• TWU Hotline for September 29, 2005
• Lockout Measure #22 - Company Release
• New On The Line Newsletter
• CBC offer: a cynical waste of taxpayers money
• Telus labour dispute brought to campus
• 'Tense Times on the Telus Lines' - The Tyee
• CBC offers to limit contract worker hires

September 28
Kelowna CHBC 6pm News
• CBC, union inch closer to deal
• TWU Hotline for September 28, 2005
• Public Meeting with Josua Mata in Vancouver
• Outsourcing by Vodafone - 650 jobs axed at UK call centre
• Support Rallies and BBQ's
• TWU members being provoked by security firms
• Labour talks punctuated by picket line disputes

September 27
• Telus lockout firings climb to 15
• TWU Hotline for September 27, 2005
• Ruckus at the Ramada!
• TELUS implements lockout measure #21
• Phone Customers Should be Rebated For Poor Service - CEP
• Rally Friday morning at Canada Place - PM in town
• Return to negotiations Tuesday, Sept 27th
• Eamon Hoey’s client list
• Fear over India call centre fraud (Older article, note outsourcing comments)
• Telus, union set first talks in months
• Telus plays defence

September 26
Hot News AFI Violence Sept 17 - Picking on Women AGAIN
• Telus, TWU return to the bargaining table
• TELUS Corporation plans to early redeem Notes
• The Clout of an Advertiser
• Pickets appear at legislature
• CAW Supports TWU Workers in their Struggle for Justice
• Unions uniting for Telus workers
• Letter from M.P. Jay Hill to Labour Minister Joe Fontana

September 25
• No end in sight for Telus labour dispute

September 24
AFI gets violent again - Edmonton
• Censored by Telus Telus shutting down Free Speech AGAIN
• New Issue of Picket line Press
• India to tighten laws to prevent ID theft (Older news but relevent)

September 23
CRFN Edmonton on Outsourcing
• Lockout Measure #20 - Company Release
• TWU Hotline for September 23, 2005
• TELUS is rattling it's censorship sword again
• MP Lunney Presses Labour Minister for Binding Arbitration
Calgary Rutherford Show Sept 12, 9am: Karen Radford denies contracting out overseas - More Lies
• Call Centre Theft may bust India's BPO boom
2 Picketers Hit by Waste Management Trucks crossing line

September 22
Interview with Telus' Drew McArthur, No Contracting Out - Lies
• Letter to the Editor #2
• Asian centres fill in for Telus - Calgary Herald
• Motion on Telus-TWU dispute passed by Vancouver City Council
• Life in the Phillipines as a worker - No wonder Telus Outsourced
• TWU Hotline for September 22, 2005
• Teamsters Local 31 refuses Telus shipments
• BCGEU urges members to make the switch
• BC Federation of Labour Expands Hot Edict on Telus Ads
• Outsourcing began in Feb 2003
• MP Julian to Fontana: “Do your Job”
• Telus moving call centres offshore to give management team a break

September 21
• MP Calls for Federal Intervention
• Victoria Times Colonist declares Telus Ads 'Hot'
• Hot News Telus notifies TWU of outsourcing
  The TWU Press Release
  The Companys Notification to Members
• Telus Corp back at full capacity within weeks - CEO
Why are they asking for relaxed QoS then?
Telus asks CRTC to relax Quality of Service Standards - 'Business as usual'?
• CAW sets strike deadline for GM talks

September 20
• Fontana interview in Vancouver Sun
• Liberal MLAs to Hold Public Panels on Employment Standards
• Support Rallies - Calgary & Edmonton
• TWU Hotline - Fontana, Picket Support & Court
• Michael Moore on CBC dispute, calls lockout 'abhorrent'
• Time to make some noise, says CMG
• UNI - Americas delegation visits Canadian Embassy in Panama to support TWU

September 19
• Pacific Press' appeal of the Hot Edict declined
• New Issue of Picket line Press
• BC's largest union to sever all ties with TELUS
• NEB pledges $10,000 to locked-out Telus workers
• Email from Eastern Member #3
• Telus picketers learn of mounting deductions
• "Support those Telus workers" - The Public Responds

September 16
• Supreme Court Updates
• Rogers, Bell join forces to build national wireless network

September 15
Hot News AFI Filming Children Now
• New Issue of Picket Line Press
• PM Martin says he won't cross picket lines
• Entwistle remains intransigent; union targets Telus allies
• The Telus 'Audit'? Why are members on the picket line receiving pay stubs?
• Security complaint a 'nuisance tactic,' Telus says

September 14
• Telus Fires Employees, Illegal during dispute
• TWU in court today for Members
• New TWU Locals setup in Ontario - Welcome!
• Latest application to CIRB - Use of Replacement Workers

September 13
• Telus lockout continues - Cold Lake Sun
• BC's Community Savings CU letter to Telus
• BC union-busting papers on Bill 29 must be released
• Submissions to CIRB - Telus' Unfair Labour Practices
1) Operator Services
2) Union Dues
3) Replacement Workers
• Telus fires 14 union members - Intimidation continues
• Hydro One agrees to arbitration
• Ford, CAW close to tentative deal
• New Issue of On the Line Newsletter

September 12
More on the Nanaimo Arrests - A Channel News
• Alberta Picketing Injunction Update
• Update - Minimum Picketing Hours
RCMP arrests peaceful picketers in Nanaimo
• Letter from the public about the assault videos

September 11
 Hot News More AFI intimidation - Edmonton Sept 9
• Provisioning of Security Services - Official SOLICITOR GENERAL Document
• Union Busting 201, The Next Step - More Signs

September 10
 Hot News AFI Violence last night in Edmonton on the line
• Employee petition to the Board of Directors

September 9
Telus Lies, Tell Us Sweet Little Lies
• Telus files lawsuit against union over radio ads
Telus Service Delays In Kelowna
• Lake cleanup trumps picket duty - Go TWU!
 Channel 12 News
• Alberta Injunction Update & TWPP Update
• New Issue of Picket Line Press
• Letter to Editor in today's Edmonton Journal
 Back to School Supplement Form

September 8
Calgary Rally!
• Best in Class Wage Offer? Not at All...
• White Powder Scare, Assault on Member in Burnaby Yesterday
• The Vicious Downward Cycle of the American Economy. Is This The Future?

September 7
• TELUS 'Redirects' Pension Funds? (Pg. 14-bottom) Word Doc here
• Another 'Foffer' for Hydro 1 Employees
• MP Paul Forseth's Press Release
• Ottawa should step into Telus dispute, BC MP
• Tide appears to be turning in favour of TWU

September 6
• Workers celebrate Labour Day amid labour unrest
• Overwaitea & Telus Products - UFCW 1518
• 'Large corporations are getting greedier'
• Gov't urged to show respect for workers
 Labour Day Rally in Burnaby
• Two financial decisions affecting TWU picketers
• "To my Brothers and Sisters..."
• 200 New Hires in the East
• CFAX Poll on Lockout - Vote Now!

September 5 - LABOUR DAY
• Union conflicts growing hotter
 Man assaults member. Do you know who this is?
• Letter from Greg Kadey, President local 204
Calgary Labour Day News
• Labour Day Offers No Rest for BC's Union Movement

September 4
• Telus, union spar over Gabriola outage

September 3
• Members arrested In Victoria Making Stand
• Picket-line skirmish erupts over Telus security officer

September 2
• 'Old News'? Same Old Tactics; Executive Exodus At Telus
• Labour Day In Kelowna
• TELUS trys to Recruit Simon Fraser Uni Students
Victoria & Richmond, Violence on the Line
A Channel - Victoria
• Members Videotaped in Dawson Creek, BC
• Articles from The Tyee Online Newspaper
• Labour 'flexibility' just doesn't work - Globe & Mail

September 1
• Frequently Asked Questions - August 2005
Bruce Bell at Calgary Rally
• New Picket Line Press
• Report a 'Retired Manager'
• Nurses won't cross lines should Telus pickets go up
• European unionists to meet with TWU members on picket line today
• The Sun's Unfair Slant on the Telus Dispute
• Reprieve for Crossers

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