The Fédération des travailleurs du Québec (FTQ), the union representing the workers, announced separately that the deal was ratified by 65 per cent of the members who voted Sunday in Laval, Que.

A union official is denouncing the lockout of 130 sales representatives by Yellow Pages on Monday night as "disgraceful'' and "a complete surprise."

Yellow Pages says it has locked out about 130 of its unionized sales representatives in Quebec.