Hundreds of Rogers employees forced to transition to Ericsson earlier this year are now being laid off. These layoffs follow a unionization attempt, with impacted employees claiming roles are being outsourced.

In April, Rogers told roughly 400 technical employees and managers to either accept severance packages or sign employment contracts with Ericsson, with Ericsson set to become a contractor for Rogers supporting the carrier’s wireless network. Now, Ericsson is laying off many of those employees, even though Rogers CTO Mark Kennedy had previously told the employees that the transition would not result in job losses.

According to details from an impacted employee who contacted MobileSyrup, roughly 360 of the 400 employees will be laid off in two batches. The first batch will be employe

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