The TEAM Board is pleased to announce the hire of their new Executive Director, Katherine Johnson.
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On June 10, the Society Hydro One Local/IFPTE Local 160’s Annual Council was held with close to 100 Delegates and guests in attendance. This year’s council theme was “Rising Together: Facing Challenges With Resiliency.”
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Canada is closer than ever to achieving a universal public drug plan. The Pharmacare Act, introduced to Parliament in February 2024, was passed this week.
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The Society/IFPTE IFPTE Local 160’s Coalition of Racialized Professionals (CORP) hosted several events recently.
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The Society was proud to sponsor Ontario Tech University’s Capstone Design Exhibition and Competition.
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The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) has launched a campaign fighting for meaningful legislation that will better protect all Ontario workers from the dangers of heat stress in the workplace.
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The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) seeks nominations from affiliates, Local unions, and Labour Councils for the Solidarity & Pride Champion Award.
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Manitoba's unions along with the Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) are celebrating two key labour law changes that workers have been fighting for over the last fifty years – single step union certification set at 50 per cent +1 (card check) and a ban on scabs.
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IFPTE recently became the latest affiliate of the AFL-CIO’s Maritime Trades Department (MTD), agreeing to affiliate at the MTD 2024 Executive Board meeting on May 2nd.
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SUP’s Secretary-Treasurer, Laurie Reid, presented at the Ontario Legislature's Committee on the Interior to speak against the government's proposed Bill 165.
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The IFPTE Council of Canadian Locals held its semi-annual meeting earlier this week.
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The Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) organized a comprehensive tour of Bruce Power located in Tiverton, Ontario for IFPTE affiliates and guests from labour and community.
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Applications are now open for the 2024 Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) Al and Alma Cerilli Young Activist Scholarship.
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The Manitoba Federation of Labour is appalled that every Progressive Conservative MLA has decided to hold up Bill 9: The Employment Standards Code Amendment Act.
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While Canada’s unions welcome tax fairness measures, investments in housing, and the new National School Food Program, Budget 2024 lacks the ambition needed to deliver results for working people.
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Equal Pay Day symbolizes how far into the next year the average woman must work to earn what the average man had earned in the previous year.
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The Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) launched a public awareness campaign about Manitoba’s NDP government's commitment to bring in new protections for workers.
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April 28th is the labour movement’s most solemn day in Canada, but also one to refocus our commitment to preventing future workplace injuries and deaths.
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On April 8 TEAM/IFPTE Local 161’s Board held a half-day strategic planning meeting facilitated by IFPTE Representatives Bill Fitzpatrick and Anna Liu.
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The Manitoba Federation of Labour is glad to see the new provincial government focus on building up our public services, particularly health care, after years of cuts and neglect under Brian Pallister and Heather Stefanson.
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