Earlier this month, Teamsters Local 727 learned that CVS was attempting to unilaterally implement a new “Two-Step Verification Process” which would require pharmacists to verify prescriptions both before and after a pharmacy technician filled it. Such a procedure was not only a massive drain on the already limited time pharmacists have to complete CVS’s ever-growing […]
CHICAGO, October 30, 2018 — Teamsters Local 727 maintained its demand for fair wages and the respectful treatment of its members as the Union bargaining committee and the metal siding and home product manufacturer Rollex Corporation reconvened negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement yesterday, October 29th. After Rollex management arrived to negotiations forty-five minutes […]
Teamsters Local 727 members employed as production and maintenance workers by Rollex Corporation voted yesterday, Sunday, October 28th, to authorize the Union bargaining committee to initiate a strike should the Company’s bad faith bargaining during negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement continue. Despite Local 727’s attempts to schedule multiple bargaining sessions well in advance […]
The Teamsters Local 727 Legal and Educational Assistance Fund awarded a record-setting $3.1 million in college tuition and educational fee reimbursements this month to hundreds of eligible participants, their spouses, and dependents. Since the program’s inception in 1999, the Teamsters Local 727 Legal and Educational Assistance Fund Board of Trustees have distributed over $27 million […]
Teamsters Local 727 has successfully resolved a grievance with Skyway Concessions Co. regarding the method used to calculate vacation accrual for part-time employees. The grievance was originally filed earlier this summer when the Union was informed that part-time employees who worked an average of 80 hours or more per pay period were not accruing vacation […]
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.
More Bad Faith Behavior from Keurig Dr Pepper
More than 2 years after the salesmen at Keurig Dr Pepper (“KDP”) democratically voted to be represented by Teamsters Local 727, management is still aggressively fighting their employees’ rights under the National Relations Labor Act. Shockingly, the company signed a settlement from Region 13 that included rescinding all unilateral changes KDP made to holiday scheduling, […]
For Immediate Release Contact: Tommy Wilcox (847) 696-7500 July 30, 2021 (CHICAGO) – 10 Roads Express (formerly Eagle Express) drivers work tirelessly to ensure the timely and efficient distribution of postal products. These drivers move the mail in semi-trucks between distribution centers seven days a week, often to neighboring states, in all weather conditions. Following […]
Click here to read the Daily Herald’s article about recent news from Arlington Park. Members with questions should reach out to Business Agent Nicholas Micaletti at (847) 696-7500. Nothing in this article should be read as the union’s waiver of any legal argument, position or grievance(s), or as a waiver of any rights, arguments, or […]
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