Month: March 2019

Local 727 Files Grievance Over CDT’s Refusal to Pay Out Unused Vacation/Sick Time to Separated Employees

Local 727 Files Grievance Over CDT’s Refusal to Pay Out Unused Vacation/Sick Time to Separated Employees

Teamsters Local 727 recently filed a grievance against Cook DuPage Transportation Co., Inc., when it learned the Company has refused to pay out several members’ unused vacation and sick/personal time…

Negotiations between Local 727 and Dr Pepper Remain Slow-Moving

Negotiations between Local 727 and Dr Pepper Remain Slow-Moving

Teamsters Local 727 dove straight back into negotiations this morning, presenting the American Bottling Company, a subsidiary of Keurig Dr Pepper, with a new proposal to amend sales warehouse productivity…

ATTENTION TEAMSTERS: Trump’s Treasury Dept. Has Made it Easier for Companies to Dump Pensions

ATTENTION TEAMSTERS: Trump’s Treasury Dept. Has Made it Easier for Companies to Dump Pensions

According to a recent CNN Business report: “With no fanfare in early March, the Treasury Department issued a notice that allows employers to buy out current retirees from their pensions with a…

Progress Slows with Dr Pepper Negotiations Today

Progress Slows with Dr Pepper Negotiations Today

After four bargaining sessions and nearly two weeks, the American Bottling Company, a subsidiary of Keurig Dr Pepper, at last responded today to Teamsters Local 727’s information request from the…

Union Secures Multiple Tentative Agreements from Dr Pepper

Union Secures Multiple Tentative Agreements from Dr Pepper

During the parties’ second bargaining session of the week, Teamsters Local 727 and the American Bottling Company, a subsidiary of Keurig Dr Pepper, made significant progress on several outstanding non-economic…