Month: February 2018

Union Secures Five Months of Back-Pay for First Transit DuPage Cadet Trainers

Union Secures Five Months of Back-Pay for First Transit DuPage Cadet Trainers

Teamsters Local 727 recently settled a grievance with First Transit DuPage in which cadet trainers who performed training from March 1 – July 31, 2017 will receive five months of…

Local 727 Attends 6th Annual Joint Council 25 Women’s Committee Gala

Local 727 Attends 6th Annual Joint Council 25 Women’s Committee Gala

Local 727 Volunteers for Political Candidates Ahead of the Illinois Primary

Local 727 Volunteers for Political Candidates Ahead of the Illinois Primary

Representatives of Teamsters Local 727 have been hitting the pavement this February by volunteering for political candidates up for re-election in the March 20 Illinois primary. Walking door-to-door last weekend…

GLCCD Stoops to New Low, Forces Union to File Unfair Labor Practice Charge

GLCCD Stoops to New Low, Forces Union to File Unfair Labor Practice Charge

Teamsters Local 727 has filed an unfair labor practice charge with Region 13 of the National Labor Relations Board against Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution as a result of the Company’s…

Working People’s Day of Action – Feb. 24

Working People’s Day of Action – Feb. 24

Fifty years ago this April, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated while advocating for union public sanitation workers striking in Memphis, Tenn. To honor the legacy of Dr. King…