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TEAM Annual General Meetings - This week we held AGM meetings in Winnipeg at the Masonic Centre on Corydon Avenue and the Fairmont Hotel on Lombard Street. Here is the link to the Presentation. Everyone who attended one of the meetings was entered in the door prize...
Take-a-Break
We invite members to take a break and join us for a hot dog, drink, and bag of chips at one of the two upcoming events in Winnipeg. To register your attendance, please click the RSVP link for the location you wish to attend. Please advise if you have...
New TEAM Executive Director and Staff Updates
New TEAM Executive Director: The TEAM Board is pleased to announce the hire of our new Executive Director, Katherine Johnson. Katherine has strong skills for board management, customer service, operations, finance and accounting and mentoring employees and...
VRTIP Results and Layoffs
Now that Bell has provided notice to all affected individuals, we are able to share the results of this recent round of job reductions from our union, which unfortunately includes fifteen TEAM members being laid off by Bell. Eight members in the Information...
New and Noteworthy
Current TEAM Downsizing and VRTIP: We are still waiting to receive the final results of the current VRTIP program from Bell. We understand that the majority of applicants have already been advised of the outcome of their applications, including all of those that...
VRTIP Deadline and Next Steps
The window for applying to the current VRTIP package closes next week, Friday, March 22nd, at 4:00 pm. With April 12th stated as the targeted departure date in the package, we anticipate members will know the results of their application within a few days to a week...
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Final Offer Package and Information Meetings – RSVP Request
Please contact the TEAM Office for Bell’s Final Offer. For clarity, we have highlighted the revisions to our current Collective Agreement. Information meetings to provide more detail on the Final Offer, explain the e-voting procedures, and to answer any questions will...
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TEAM – Final Offer Information Meetings – RSVP Request
As you know, on August 19th Bell provided the TEAM Negotiating Committee with a Final Offer. Information meetings have now been scheduled to present the Final Offer and e-voting procedures, and to answer any questions. As lunch will be provided, please RSVP by...
TEAM Negotiations Update – Final Offer
Bell responded on Monday to TEAM’s last proposal with a Final Offer. We are very disappointed that considering the great results you have achieved over the past three years, Bell would not agree to a pay increase in line with other union agreements in Bell, or agree...
TEAM Negotiations Update
TEAM and the Company were unable to conclude the renegotiation of our contract yesterday, but have mutually agreed to continue the discussion next week. Only a few items have yet to be agreed upon, specifically in the areas of compensation and layoffs. We will keep...
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.