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Election for TEAM President
As mentioned in last week’s memo, we are holding an election for TEAM President. Per the TEAM Bylaws, the TEAM President is also the 1st delegate and chair of the TEAM delegation to the IFPTE Convention, with the next one scheduled to be held in 2024 in New Orleans,...
New and Noteworthy
TEAM Annual General Meeting: TEAM’s AGM was held last week at the Fairmont Hotel in Winnipeg and virtually on Zoom. Thank you to the almost 200 members who joined us over their lunch hour to attend. For those who were unable to attend, the meeting...
New and Noteworthy
TEAM Annual General Meeting – RSVP Request: TEAM’s AGM will be held over the lunch hour on Tuesday, November 15, from 12-1pm. The meeting will be a hybrid in-person/virtual format, with members having the option to attend in person for lunch at the Fairmont...
Negotiations Update – Ratification Vote Result
The Memorandum of Agreement dated October 13, 2022 has been ratified by the membership; 75.4% of eligible TEAM members participated in the vote. Misty Hughes-Newman, Chief Returning Officer
Negotiations Update – Tentative Agreement Reached
We are pleased to report that our Negotiating Committee has reached a tentative agreement with Bell to renew our Collective Agreement. It was a challenging round of negotiations, with both parties making significant movement on their respective proposals to...
New and Noteworthy
Negotiations Update: Progress continued this week towards reaching a revised collective agreement. Negotiations remain ongoing, and the parties have agreed to extend the conciliation period up to and including October 14, 2022. In the event that Bell...
New and Noteworthy
Negotiations Update: In our update of September 16th we reported that your Negotiating Committee is eager to get back to the table next week, October 4-7, to continue working towards reaching a revised collective agreement with Bell. Outstanding matters include fair...
New and Noteworthy
Bell Negotiations Update: In our negotiations update of July 28th, we noted that we would be keeping a close eye on the collective agreement negotiations between Bell and clerical employees in Ontario, Quebec, and the Atlantic provinces represented by Unifor. We are...
TEAM-IFPTE Local 161 Annual Scholarships
The Scholarship Committee is calling for applications to TEAM’s annual scholarship program. TEAM will award scholarships to members and members’ children as follows: Four $500 scholarships to TEAM members to help defray the cost of a work or career related academic or...
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.