The Teamsters Local 727 bargaining committee and MV Transportation, Inc. have reached a tentative agreement for a new three-year collective bargaining agreement covering paratransit drivers, dispatchers, schedulers, and reservationists based out of MV Transportation Division 135. Yesterday, following a marathon bargaining session during which Local 727 and MV management spent nearly 10 hours at the […]
Teamsters Local 727 successfully reached tentative agreements on 10 contract clauses with Cook DuPage Transportation, Inc., a subsidiary of National Express, during the parties’ most recent negotiation sessions on Monday, September 24th and Tuesday, September 25th. “Though progress has been slow, the Union bargaining committee has made good strides in its meetings with CDT,” said […]
CHICAGO, September 26, 2018 – Teamsters Local 727 and CVS (NYSE: CVS) resumed negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement Friday, September 21st, for the first time since Local 727 demanded a return to face-to-face negotiations. With no mediator to hide behind, CVS negotiators were forced to face their employees and speak directly to the […]
VOTING IS POWER By casting a ballot Americans have the opportunity to effect change and make their voices heard. Yet, millions of Americans each year find themselves unable to vote because they miss a registration deadline, haven’t updated their voter information, or aren’t sure how to register. In celebration of National Voter Registration Day, Teamsters […]
On Sunday, September 23rd, an overwhelming number of Teamsters Local 727 members employed by MV Transportation, Inc. at the Company’s Chicago facility voted to authorize an unfair labor practice strike against their employer. The ULP strike is scheduled to begin on Monday, October 1st. Following the affirmative ULP strike authorization vote, MV Transportation requested a […]
Illinois drivers can purchase Teamster specialty license plates for registered vehicles. Plates can be purchased for all passenger vehicles, B-trucks and vans weighing 8,000 pounds or less. Teamster license plates can be purchased or renewed through the Secretary of State’s website, by mail, by phone at (800) 252-8980 or by visiting a driver services facility.
CVS Fined by State Board for Poor Conditions in Pharmacies
In an article published earlier this month, the New York Times described dangerous workplace conditions found in multiple CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) locations in Oklahoma that sound all too familiar to workplace conditions described by CVS pharmacists represented by Teamsters Local 727 in the Chicagoland area; conditions that representatives of Local 727 have been bringing to […]
After the murder of George Floyd, cities across the United States took to the streets to protest systemic racism and to demand that politicians, institutions, and the country as a whole recognize “Black Lives Matter.” Because of the civil unrest, many businesses across the Chicagoland area closed for days and dozens of Keurig Dr Pepper […]
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Chicagoland area in March, Teamsters Local 727 frontline, essential workers answered the call to serve the city. While many people worked from home to help stop the spread of coronavirus, Local 727 members in the soda industry worked overtime to produce and deliver water and other beverages throughout the […]
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