2019 – Page 14 – Teamsters Local 727

Preflight Members Ratify New Contract, Drivers to Receive Sick/Personal Leave for First Time

Last week, Teamsters Local 727 members employed by Preflight LLC as shuttle drivers overwhelmingly ratified a new 4-year successor collective bargaining agreement. The new contract includes across-the-board wage increases for…

As Deadline for IL Pharmaceutical Task Force Recommendations Approaches, Local 727 Continues to Demand a Revote on 12-Hour Workday

On Tuesday, July 9, members of the Illinois Collaborative Pharmaceutical Task Force once again discussed and voted to approve a number of recommendations for reforming the Pharmacy Practice Act (PPA). …

Union Successfully Settles Grievance, Crowne Plaza to Cease Requiring Employees to Sign Individual Agreements with Overreaching Health Care Releases

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…

Vitalant Offers Little Significant Movement at the Bargaining Table Preventing Further Progress

The Teamsters Local 727 bargaining committee and Vitalant reconvened negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement covering distribution drivers and Mobile Unit Assistants on Wednesday, July 17 and Thursday, July…

Local 727 Files ULP Charge Over Keurig Dr Pepper’s Unilateral and Retaliatory Rerouting of Northlake SSRs & Account Managers

Earlier this morning, Teamsters Local 727 filed an unfair labor practice charge against the American Bottling Company, d/b/a Keurig Dr Pepper, after the Company announced the rerouting of Northlake-based Sales…