FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 14, 2006

CEP Local 7 is deeply concerned for the 75 workers it represents at MTS Media, which publishes the white and yellow page directories, after MTS Allstream announced today the sale of that business to Montreal-based Yellow Pages Group Co.

The CEP members will be severed from MTS and the opportunities and benefits that are associated with having a strong Collective Agreement with MTS. However, MTS has committed to those affected employees that all the jobs at the sold unit will remain within Manitoba.  Many of the members have 20 years of service or more.

“This latest sale of a profitable portion of MTS is another example of how the privatization of MTS in the 1990s has steadily eroded the Company within Manitoba,” said Wendy Sol, CEP Western Region Administrative Vice President.  “How many other good jobs is MTS willing to export to other provinces or even other countries?”

The sale officially closes in October.  CEP will continue to represent the members at their new home with the current Collective Agreement, which doesn’t expire until December 2007.  CEP will work diligently to ensure its members’ rights are protected and that the transition period to the new owners is as smooth as possible, said Sol.

CEP Local 7 represents about 1300 members at MTS, AAA Alarms and now Yellow Pages. CEP represents 150,000 working people coast to coast in energy, paper, telecommunications, media and commercial printing.

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For more information, contact:           
Wendy Sol, Administrative Vice-President, Western Region
(204)-988-1402 or (204) 791-2409

Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada
203 – 275 Broadway, Winnipeg, Manitoba   
R3C 4M6  
(204) 988-1400