HOTELS
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 […]
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 […]
Teamsters Local 727 members employed by Loews Chicago O’Hare voted unanimously on Friday to ratify a successor collective bargaining agreement secured by the Union last month. Along with wage raises and the introduction of a 401(k) retirement plan option, the new 4-year agreement covering Loews shuttle drivers also includes a number of scheduling improvements. Under […]
Teamsters Local 727 has successfully settled an outstanding grievance against the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The grievance was originally filed when the Union was informed by members that Concentra, a company contracted by the Crowne Plaza to conduct Department of Transportation physicals, was requiring workers to sign individual agreements with overreaching health care releases in violation […]
Teamsters 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 […]
Keurig Dr Pepper Replaces Hazard Pay with Thanksgiving Turkey
Most years, the American Bottling Company, a subsidiary of Keurig Dr Pepper, gives their employees a turkey at Thanksgiving. This year, the company is claiming it is a recognition of employees’ efforts throughout the COVID-19 crisis. After discontinuing hazard pay and trying to limit which members the Union had on its bargaining committee, Keurig Dr […]
As COVID-19 cases double in the Chicagoland area in a matter of days, Jewel-Osco, a wholly owned subsidiary of Albertsons NYSE:ACI, has done little to mitigate and prevent the spread of COVID-19 in its pharmacies. Pharmacists perform the vital work of providing medication and medical advice to our communities, including those that are most vulnerable. […]
SP+ Reimburses Full-Time Residential Parking Members For Involuntary Paid Time Off During Furlough
During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, full-time parking members working at SP+ residential locations, including those working at a number of Gold Coast condominium buildings along Lake Shore Drive, were unjustly and unilaterally furloughed by the company in direct violation of the CBA and National Labor Relations Act. Over the course of several weeks, […]
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