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and internationally. Details about our community investment program can be found in
our Annual Report available at telus.com/annualreport.
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
As at December 31, 2015, we employed approximately 47,600 employees, including
approximately 20,500 employees in TELUS International who are located outside of
Canada. Approximately 12,100 of our employees are represented by a trade union and
covered by a collective agreement.
We are signatories to five collective agreements. The largest agreement is with the
Telecommunications Workers Union, United Steelworkers Union (TWU) Local 1944
covering approximately 10,560 clerical, operator services and technical employees in the
wireless and wireline segments across Canada. The current collective agreement with
the TWU expired on December 31, 2015, and negotiations to renew the contract began
in early December. The current collective agreement continues in full force and effect
until a new agreement is reached. In the province of Quebec, in addition to employees
covered by the TWU agreement, there are approximately 1,470 employees in the
wireline segment covered by two separate collective agreements. The agreement with
the Syndicat Québécois des employés de TELUS (SQET) which covers approximately
820 trades, clerical and operator services employees expires on December 31, 2017.
The second wireline agreement in Quebec is with the Syndicat des agents de maîtres de
TELUS (SAMT) which covers approximately 650 professional and supervisory
employees, and expires on March 31, 2017. The SAMT also represents a small number
of employees in the wireless segment under a separate collective agreement.
Our subsidiary, TELUS Sourcing Solutions Inc., is a signatory to a collective agreement
with the B.C. Government and Services Employees' Union which covers approximately
70 employees. That agreement came into effect on May 1, 2013, and expires on April
30, 2016.
See also Section 4.2 Operational resources and Section 10.5 Human resources –
Employee retention, recruitment and engagement in the 2015 annual MD&A.
RISK FACTORS
The risk factors in Section 10 Risks and risk management in the 2015 annual MD&A are
hereby incorporated by reference.