HOTELSTeamsters Local 727 members employed by the DoubleTree Rosemont and Embassy Suites Rosemont Hotels recently unanimously ratified two new 3-year collective bargaining agreements. Among the top achievements of these new CBAs are the across-the-board wage raises secured by Local 727. Effective January 1, 2019, all bargaining unit members covered by the successor agreements will receive […]
Employees of Brookfield Zoo and Hyatt—companies which employ more than 250 Teamsters Local 727 members—have rated the companies as two of the top places to work in the Chicagoland area. NBC Chicago reported Brookfield Zoo as coming in at number two on the list with employees stating the “culture and work-life balance to be positive […]
Dr Pepper Northlake Salesmen Become Latest Group to Overwhelmingly Vote for Local 727 Representation
Area Sales Managers and Sales Services Representatives employed by the American Bottling Company, a Keurig Dr Pepper subsidiary, voted overwhelmingly in favor of union representation on Friday, July 12. The group of nearly 70 Northlake-based salesmen are the fourth unit this year to select Teamsters Local 727 as their sole collective bargaining representative. “By voting […]
D.S. Waters Outside & Standard Coffee Members Ratify Economic Agreement
D.S. Waters Outside and Standard Coffee workers overwhelmingly voted last week in favor of ratifying new wage and health care terms for their two collective bargaining agreements. All D.S. Outside and Standard Coffee members will receive significant wage increases under the ratified agreements. The economic agreements also include premium pay for leads and an approximately […]
PBGC Approves Local 727 and the Chicago Tribune Pension Funds’ Merger
This past November, the Teamsters Local Union No. 727 Pension Plan Board of Trustees and Chicago Newspaper Publishers Drivers Union Pension Fund representatives reached an agreement to merge the two pension funds and, in doing so, saved the pensions of approximately 850 participants. The absorption of the struggling Chicago Tribune Pension Fund by the well-funded […]
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