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TEAM Jobs Reductions and Bell VSP/VRTIP: We understand that Bell is still working its way through redeployments and position changes resulting from the current downsizing initiative and enhanced VSP/VRTIP offering. Impacted employees, including VRTIP applicants, can...
Notification of Error in VRTIP Payout Calculations & Next Steps
TEAM Jobs Reductions and Current VRTIP/VSP: TEAM has discovered an issue with the estimated payouts in Bell’s VSP/VRTIP portal. For some employees, the estimated payout was adjusted downwards by Bell, without notice, approximately two weeks ago. We understand this is...
TEAM Jobs Reductions and Bell VSP
The TEAM office is receiving an overwhelming number of questions from members related to Bell’s current downsizing and VSP initiative; we are working through all of the inquiries and will get back to everyone as soon as possible. We apologize for the delay and...
IFPTE Says Trump Tariffs on Canada Will Do “great damage” to Canadian and American Working Families
Union also calls Trump’s 51st State declaration “highly insulting” WASHINGTON, DC - International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) President, Matt Biggs, and Secretary-Treasurer, Gay Henson, issued the following joint statement in response to...
TEAM Financial and Retirement Planning Webinar
TEAM will be offering a two-part webinar on topics related to personal financial and retirement planning, presented by certified financial planner, Darryl Robinson. The webinar is designed to assist members with VRTIP planning and is scheduled for Wednesday, March...
TEAM Jobs Reductions at Bell
Bell Canada has once again announced job reductions that will impact the TEAM membership. As part of a broader workforce reduction announced last week of 1,200 unionized job cuts across the country, yesterday, Bell released an enhanced voluntary termination...
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2019 TEAM-IFPTE Local 161 Scholarship Awards Night
On Wednesday, October 23rd, beginning at 6 pm at the TEAM Office, we celebrated this years TEAM Scholarship Award Winners. It was a wonderful night with our members and their children. After presentation of the scholarships, we all sat down to dinner together, which...
New and Noteworthy
Pay Increase: The Company has advised that, subject to no implementation issues, the general wage increase and retroactive pay will be in our pay on the November 15th or November 29thFederal Election (Monday, October 21st): TEAM and the IFPTE are...
TEAM General Meetings – RSVP Request
TEAM General Meetings will be held next week over the lunch hour on October 22nd, 23rd, and 24th. Lunch and refreshments will be provided at all meetings. The agenda will include updates on matters impacting members, the presentation of our financial report, and...
Happy Thanksgiving
TEAM would like to wish everyone a safe, and very happy Thanksgiving!
TEAM Office Closed Today
Due to a combination of events; vacation, power outages, the blizzard, buses not running; TEAM Office is closed for walk-in's. Our office staff are still working from home, and will be answering emails, and handling phone calls where a member requests one. We will be...
Joining TEAM
If you would like to know more about unions for managers, supervisors and professionals, and how TEAM can assist you and your colleagues, give us a call or email for a confidential no obligation discussion.
Erin Spencer
IFPTE ORGANIZER
Cell: 204-791-9395
Email: espencer@ifpte.org
Professionals representing professionals
TEAM-IFPTE Local 161
200 - 1 Wesley Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 4C6
Phone: 204-984-9470
Toll Free: 1-877-984-9470
FAX: (204) 231-2809
E-mail: team@teamunion.mb.ca
TEAM is an affiliate of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), AFL-CIO & CLC. Established on July 1, 1918, the IFPTE is a diverse labour union advocating on behalf of more than 80,000 women and men in professional, technical, administrative and associated occupations in Canada and the United States.