While the coronavirus pandemic and the hits to the economy are frightening, much of the United States is coming together and finding ways to support each other and frontline, essential workers. Many employers, including Keurig Dr Pepper (NYSE:KDP), and Pepsi (NYSE:PEP), have given hazard pay and additional sick leave to their employees, as well as […]
Not all heroes wear capes. Some heroes wear a suit and tie and went to mortuary school. While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to surge through the United States, Chicagoland area funeral directors, embalmers, livery drivers, and grave diggers, over 350 of which are members of Teamsters Local 727, continue to put the needs of grieving […]
Ciprian Gorgan has been a pharmacist at Jewel-Osco for nearly 14 years and is currently a Union Steward who serves on the Union bargaining committee. Gorgan’s leadership and Union pride was recently featured in the Chicago Tribune where he highlighted 727 pharmacists’ fight for enhanced safety measures. As frontline healthcare providers and essential employees, pharmacists […]
On March 21, Governor Pritzker mandated a “shelter in place” order that outlined the specific employees who were deemed “essential” and could leave their homes to go to work. Many Local 727 members are considered essential, frontline workers under Pritzker’s order and have continued to risk their health and the health of their families everyday […]
LAZ Parking loves to pat themselves on the back for allegedly helping their employees navigate the stressful financial difficulties resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic; but what have they really done for the employees? Instead of remedying the outstanding grievance and ULPs filed by Teamster Local 727 and returning furloughed workers, LAZ has taken credit for […]
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.
Great Lakes Coca-Cola’s Lies & Unsafe Working Conditions Continue
Yesterday, after concerns from Teamsters Local 727 members continued to go unaddressed by the Company, a member called WGNTV Channel 9 who visited the GLCC facility. Recently, in the Alsip production facility, three members have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the last week alone. Several other members have been placed in quarantine. According to reports […]
May General Membership Meeting Notice
In an effort to keep all of our 727 members safe and abide by the state of Illinois’s stay-at-home order and phased reopening, the May General Membership meeting will be held via Zoom (details below). Please note that the following actions will be voted on by members during the May Membership Meeting: To approve the […]
O’Hare Airport is a major hub for both business and leisure travel and the hotel industry is the lifeblood of the Rosemont area. Hotels in the O’Hare and Rosemont area provide an economical and safe place to stay for travelers on business and with missed or delayed flights. Teamsters Lo-cal 727 recently learned that the […]
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