Archive for March, 2019

Local 727 Files Grievance Over CDT’s Refusal to Pay Out Unused Vacation/Sick Time to Separated Employees

| March 22, 2019

Teamsters Local 727 recently filed a grievance against Cook DuPage Transportation Co., Inc., when it learned the Company has refused to pay out several members’ unused vacation and sick/personal time […]

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Negotiations between Local 727 and Dr Pepper Remain Slow-Moving

| March 21, 2019

Teamsters Local 727 dove straight back into negotiations this morning, presenting the American Bottling Company, a subsidiary of Keurig Dr Pepper, with a new proposal to amend sales warehouse productivity […]

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ATTENTION TEAMSTERS: Trump’s Treasury Dept. Has Made it Easier for Companies to Dump Pensions

| March 21, 2019

According to a recent CNN Business report: “With no fanfare in early March, the Treasury Department issued a notice that allows employers to buy out current retirees from their pensions with a […]

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Progress Slows with Dr Pepper Negotiations Today

| March 20, 2019

After four bargaining sessions and nearly two weeks, the American Bottling Company, a subsidiary of Keurig Dr Pepper, at last responded today to Teamsters Local 727’s information request from the […]

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Union Secures Multiple Tentative Agreements from Dr Pepper

Union Secures Multiple Tentative Agreements from Dr Pepper

| March 19, 2019

During the parties’ second bargaining session of the week, Teamsters Local 727 and the American Bottling Company, a subsidiary of Keurig Dr Pepper, made significant progress on several outstanding non-economic […]

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