Posts tagged privatisation
Secretary-Treasurer Henson Talks to Valley Labor Report on Labor's Fight to Keep TVA Serving the Public, not Profits
Secretary-Treasurer Henson Talks to Valley Labor Report on Labor's Fight to Keep TVA Serving the Public, not Profits

This past weekend, IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson talked IFPTE and other Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) unions efforts to defend the TVA as a public utility that works for the people to the region, provides good jobs for the Valley, and keeps electricity rates affordable.

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Energy, Government, InfrastructureFaraz KhanTVA, privatisation, privatization, Energy, Tennessee Valley Authority, Gay Henson, Ironworkers, LIUNA
TEAM-Local 161 and the CCPA Release Study, "For Whom the Bell Tolls: The Privatization of Manitoba Telecom Services and its Impacts"
TEAM-Local 161 and the CCPA Release Study, "For Whom the Bell Tolls: The Privatization of Manitoba Telecom Services and its Impacts"

On June 20, in partnership with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), TEAM - IFPTE Local 161 held a press conference announcing the release chronicling how the privatisation of MTS, once an engine of the Manitoba economy, has resulted in significant job loss, poor rural and northern phone service, and high rates.

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Infrastructure, Labor RightsFaraz KhanCCPA, MTS, Bell-MTS, TEAM, IFPTE Local 161, privatisation
Bell MTS Fails to Live Up to Their Promises - TEAM/Local 161 Urges Manitoba Lawmakers to Hold Them Accountable
Bell MTS Fails to Live Up to Their Promises - TEAM/Local 161 Urges Manitoba Lawmakers to Hold Them Accountable

On May 15, TEAM/IFPTE Local 161’s Board of Directors traveled to the Manitoba Legislative Building to meet with the Opposition Labour Critic Malaya Marcelino and Opposition Environment & Economic Development Critic Mark Wasyliw to discuss the ongoing erosion of good unionized jobs at Bell MTS.

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Government, InfrastructureFaraz KhanTEAM, IFPTE Local 161, Bell-MTS, Outsourcing, privatisation