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TELUS and its affiliates are signatories to six collective agreements. The largest,
expiring on November 19, 2010, is with the Telecommunications Workers Union
(“TWU”), covering approximately 11,800 clerical, operator services and technical
employees in the wireline and wireless segments across Canada. In the province of
Quebec, TELUS employees in the wireline segment are covered by collective
agreements with the Syndicat Québécois des employés de TELUS (“SQET”), which
covers approximately 1,000 trades, clerical and operator services employees and
expired on December 31, 2009, and the Syndicat des agents de maîtrise de TELUS
(“SAMT”), covering approximately 500 employees and expiring on December 31, 2011.
The SAMT also represents a small number of employees in the wireless segment under
a separate collective agreement.
TELUS Sourcing Solutions Inc. (“TSSI”) is a signatory to collective agreements with the
BC Government and Services Employees' Union (“BCGEU”) and the Canadian Union of
Public Employees (“CUPE”). The contract with the BCGEU covers approximately 60
employees and expires on March 31, 2010 and the contract with CUPE covers
approximately 40 employees and expires on December 31, 2010.
Collective bargaining
Collective bargaining in the TELUS Québec region to renew the collective agreement
with the Syndicat québécois des employés de TELUS (SQET) continues into 2010. The
SQET agreement expired on December 31, 2009.
The collective agreement between TSSI and BCGEU will expire on March 31, 2010.
Negotiations to collective bargaining are expected to commence in the first half of 2010.
The collective agreement between TELUS and the TWU will expire on November 19,
2010. Negotiations to renew this collective bargaining agreement are expected to
commence in the third quarter of 2010.
RISK FACTORS
The risk factors in TELUS’ MD&A Section 10 Risks and risk management are hereby
incorporated by reference. The MD&A is available at sedar.com.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND REGULATORY ACTIONS
The legal proceedings described in MD&A Section 10.9 Litigation and legal matters are
hereby incorporated by reference. In addition, there have not been any (a) penalties or
sanctions imposed against the Company by a court relating to securities legislation or by
a securities regulatory authority during the most recently completed financial year, (b)
penalties or sanctions imposed by a court or regulatory body against the Company that
would likely be considered important to a reasonable investor in making an investment
decision, or (c) settlement agreements entered into by the Company before a court
relating to securities legislation or with a securities regulatory authority during the most
recently completed financial year.
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