Recent News

IFPTE Manitoba Legislative Advocacy Conference: The IFPTE will be holding its Manitoba Legislative Advocacy Conference on January 19th, 2023 from 9:00 am to 4:15 pm at the Union Centre in Winnipeg.  The day will feature a host of speakers from the labour movement...

On behalf of the Election Committee, we are pleased to announce the results of the TEAM Board Election and the following members of TEAM-IFPTE Local 161’s new Board, who will start their 3-year terms on January 1, 2023:...

Election for TEAM President - Reminder: The electronic voting window opened today at 12 noon.  By now, members eligible to vote ought to have received an email from Voter Info containing instructions and their unique voting PIN; the emails were sent yesterday...

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,...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...