Year: 2017

PHOTOS: At October Meeting, Members Welcomed Cook County Sheriff Candidate Eddie Acevedo

PHOTOS: At October Meeting, Members Welcomed Cook County Sheriff Candidate Eddie Acevedo

Secretary-Treasurer John Coli Jr. updated the membership on contracts, grievances, arbitrations and other union business during Teamsters Local 727’s general meeting on October 29, 2017. In the last month,…

Union and Wyndham Hotel Shuttle Drivers Ratify New Contract

Union and Wyndham Hotel Shuttle Drivers Ratify New Contract

Wyndham Hotel shuttle drivers voted recently to ratify a new contract. This is just the second contract negotiated for this group, who became Local 727 members only five years ago.…

Urge Former Teamster Jerry Lee Long to Vote Yes on Right-to-Work Override

Urge Former Teamster Jerry Lee Long to Vote Yes on Right-to-Work Override

All Teamsters in Illinois are strongly urged to call Republican State Rep. Jerry Lee Long and tell him to vote “yes” to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of Senate Bill…

CVS Delays Selection of Dates to Meet with Union for Next Round of Negotiations

CVS Delays Selection of Dates to Meet with Union for Next Round of Negotiations

CVS is yet again delaying selecting dates to meet with Teamsters Local 727 for the next round of bargaining for a new contract. The Parties last met on October 3,…

Improved Pharmacy Work Standards Championed by Local 727 Up for Possible Vote in Chicago City Council

Improved Pharmacy Work Standards Championed by Local 727 Up for Possible Vote in Chicago City Council

Teamsters Local 727’s efforts at reforming pharmacist work standards are now closer to becoming reality in Chicago. According to a recent article published in the Chicago Tribune, on Oct. 10,…