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As you may have heard, all client care representatives will be able to vote by secret ballot to decide if we want to form a union. I’m calling today to let you know that voting starts tomorrow. The vote will be run by an official of the Canada Industrial Relations Board, so the secrecy of your vote is protected by law. No one will ever know how you voted, including your manager.

You can cast your ballot anytime during the voting hours which run from 6:30am to 10 pm tomorrow, Wednesday, Dec. 2 and Thursday, Dec. 3 in the Alexander Graham Bell Room , P2 – South Tower.

Let’s take charge of our future and join the over 25,000 Bell workers who already enjoy the benefits of a union.

Make sure your voice is heard – vote YES!

The time is now. The choice is ours.

-- Michelle Williams, Corporate Client Care

 
The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) has ordered a vote of all Client Care employees in Mississauga to see if a majority of employees want a union.
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The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) has ordered a vote take see if a majority of Client Care employees in Mississauga want a union. We think this is great news because we think enough of us in Client Care agree that we should have a say in the decisions that affect us and our families.
 
Did you know that over 25,000 other Bell workers across Canada already enjoy the benefits of a union? They have negotiated things like better scheduling, better wages and more sick days. With a union, we can decide what we need to improve our lives and make Bell Mobility a great place to build a career.
 
We will be sharing information with you as soon as we have it too, so stay tuned!
 
This is our chance to improve our lives. The time is now and the choice is ours.
 
-- Obed Jean-Jacques, Business Client Care

 
Dear Bell Mobility co-workers,

 
As you know we applied for union certification last Tuesday. We have come this far thanks to hundreds of our co-workers. Hundreds of us helped get cards signed, talked to our co-workers, put union posters and flags on our desks and showed that the majority of Bell Mobility employees want a union to give us a voice in the workplace.

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Dear Bell Mobility Co-workers,
 
We are pleased to announce that on Tuesday, October 27, the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP) applied to the Canada Industrial Relations Board for union certification on behalf of 1450 Bell Mobility employees in Mississauga.
 

 
“A union is a third party-right?”

  
“Now is the time for us to take control of our working lives!”
 
That’s what Michael Billings thinks. He is a Client Care Representative at the Mississauga Bell Mobility Call Centre. And he’s not alone.
 
Hundreds of his co-workers have signed union cards in the past few of weeks since a spike in interest in forming a union began in early July. Now, he and his fellow organizing committee members can feel the momentum moving the campaign towards success.
 
The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers (CEP) Union has been helping the committee reach out to other workers who may have been scared off by Bell Mobility’s tactics.
 

  
In spite of the company wants you to believe, you’ve probably seen and heard a lot about a union these days. One of the main reasons is that the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) said in June that Bell Mobility must respect workers’ right to choose a union.
  

 
Karen White’s just like you. She works in client care for Bell Aliant, which she has done for over six years. But unlike the Bell Mobility Call Centre in Mississauga, Karen’s workplace is unionized. 

“There are so many benefits of having a union, I don’t know where to start,” says the 31-year-old from Newfoundland. “We get pay progressions every six months until we reach the top of our wage scale, as well as negotiated annual increases. They are all the same, everyone gets them and the manager doesn’t get to play favourites.”

The Canada Industrial Relations Board has issued an Interim Order to ensure that Bell Mobility employees can exercise the right to freely choose to be represented by a union if they desire and to campaign for the union at the workplace during non-working time.