Month: January 2016

Union Challenges Osco’s Refusal to Provide Health Care Information

Union Challenges Osco’s Refusal to Provide Health Care Information

Local 727 Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Teamsters Local 727 has filed an unfair labor practice charge against Osco because the company still refuses to provide relevant information about its…

Hawthorne Racecourse Program Sellers Ratify New Contracts

Hawthorne Racecourse Program Sellers Ratify New Contracts

Teamsters Local 727 representatives secured new one-year contracts for program sellers at Hawthorne Racecourse and Hawthorne-Corliss OTB. The contracts provide job security, protect worker rights, maintain current benefits and working…

TNBC Chicago Scholarship Applications Available

TNBC Chicago Scholarship Applications Available

Applications are being accepted now for the William Peeples Memorial Scholarship and the Ted Mullins College Scholarship offered through the Chicago Chapter of the Teamsters National Black Caucus. Both scholarships are available to all…

Local 727 to Fairly Recalculate Commissioned Beverage Members’ Dues Rates

Local 727 to Fairly Recalculate Commissioned Beverage Members’ Dues Rates

Teamsters Local 727 has begun the process of fairly recalculating union dues rates for commissioned beverage members based on their 2015 earnings. Going forward, Local 727 plans to recalculate commissioned…

Joint Council 25 Executive Board Unanimously Re-Elected

Joint Council 25 Executive Board Unanimously Re-Elected

Under President John T. Coli, Teamsters Focus on Future Growth, Sustained Unity More than 100 Teamster delegates representing 27 local unions across Illinois and northwest Indiana have unanimously re-elected the…