Rimouski (Québec) - Following ratification meetings held throughout Quebec, of the 69 per cent of eligible team members who cast a ballot, 95 per cent have voted to accept the new collective agreement between TELUS and the Syndicat des agents de maîtrise de TELUS (SAMT).

The new agreement covering approximately 650 team members in Québec will take effect on April 1, 2017 and expire on March 31, 2022.

'Our team is pleased by this positive outcome, which represents the best interests of TELUS, our team members and our customers,' said François Gratton, Executive Vice-President, TELUS and Partner Solutions and President, Business Solutions East and TELUS Québec. 'The ratification of this agreement enables us to continue advancing our growth strategy and focusing on our number one priority of putting customers first.'

About TELUS
TELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) is Canada's fastest-growing national telecommunications company, with $12.7 billion of annual revenue and 12.6 million subscriber connections, including 8.5 million wireless subscribers, 1.6 million high-speed Internet subscribers, 1.4 million residential network access lines and more than a million TELUS TV customers. TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services, including wireless, data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, television, entertainment and video, and is Canada's largest health care IT provider.

In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed $440 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered more than 6.8 million hours of service to local communities since 2000. Created in 2005 by President and CEO Darren Entwistle, TELUS' twelve Canadian community boards and five International boards have led the company's support of grassroots charities and have contributed more than $54 million in support of over 4,900 local charitable projects, enriching the lives of more than two million children and youth. TELUS was honoured to be named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian company to receive this prestigious international recognition.

For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com.
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Luiza Staniec
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