Last week, Teamsters Local 727 members employed by Pepsi Beverages Company, a subsidiary of PepsiCo, informed the Union that members of LiUNA Laborers Local 225 had erected a picket outside of the Company’s 51st Street location to protest a non-union contractor hired by Pepsi to demolish an unused building on the property. Immediately after being […]
Teamsters Local 727 has begun the new year with 13 arbitrations pending against Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution, Inc., which the Union are actively investigating. Among these are TEN grievances over unjust terminations of Union members and an additional grievance over an unjust discipline of a member. Additionally, Local 727 has also demanded arbitration over a […]
Teamsters Local 727 continues to check-in with the National Labor Relations Board weekly for updates on the NLRB’s decision concerning union representation of the recently organized Northlake salesmen. This decision impacts not only union representation but also the multiple unfair labor practice charges filed against the American Bottling Company, a Keurig Dr Pepper subsidiary. Included […]
Teamsters Local 727 members employed by the Holiday Inn Chicago O’Hare unanimously ratified four new collective bargaining agreements earlier this month. The CBAs, which cover hotel drivers, front desk attendants, engineers, and housekeeping and laundry attendants, not only improve benefits, strengthen job protections, and improve scheduling procedures but also include the largest wage increases in […]
The Joint Council 25 Women’s Committee is partnering with the Chicago Period Project to empower homeless and in-need people to experience their periods with dignity. The local nonprofit organization distributes feminine hygiene products and other critical menstruation supplies to shelters, schools, and crisis support networks to help ensure Chicago residents living below the poverty line […]
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.
LAZ Parking Inexplicably Spreads Lies as Fallout from COVID-19 Pandemic Continues
Nearly a year after LAZ Parking unceremoniously and illegally furloughed hundreds of parking employees with barely a day’s notice and without giving prior notice to, or bargaining with, the Union, the Company continues to add insult to injury by spreading an outrageous lie to both Union membership and its parking clients. According to LAZ representatives, LAZ […]
KDP Expected to Fail Again in Challenge to Teamsters Local 727 Victory
Over a year after the area sales managers and sales services representatives voted overwhelming in favor of Union representation by Teamsters Local 727, Keurig Dr Pepper continued its fruitless attempts to overturn Region 13 of the National Labor Board’s certification by appearing in front of a panel of federal judges for the DC Circuit. On […]
Yesterday, Teamsters Local 727 Secretary-Treasurer John Coli, Jr. joined Congress-woman elect Marie Newman and other labor leaders from across the city for a press conference at McCormick Place to demand economic relief for workers, especially those in the trade show industry. While it was (and remains) necessary to cancel trade shows to slow the spread […]
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