Telus union loses bid to save Ontario office workers from Quebec move [Video]

Some 150 Ontario Telus workers will either have to move to Quebec or find a new job after their union lost its return-to-office fight.

Those workers, who are represented by United Steelworkers Local 1944, were told in July they either had to relocate to Montreal by October, apply for another role or agree to be laid off as the company mandated a return to in-office work.

Unlike other Telus employees, their main location of work in Barrie, Ont., was slated to be shut down by the company this fall – that was until August when the British Columbia Supreme Court ordered a pause on Telus’ plans while it heard arguments from the union.

In an update Tuesday, the union said the arbitrator ruled in favour of Telus.

“He has found that Telus did not violate our collective agreement, or any aspect of Canadian labour law. As such, the original work from office and redeployment mandates are considered valid, …