Hours before the sun comes up, Teamsters Local 727 steward Corey Wright is already on the road. The First Transit Chicago Pace paratransit driver’s route begins at 4:40 a.m. each day.
A Teamsters Local 727 parking cashier has been reinstated with full back pay and benefits after the union fought against her wrongful termination. She received $8,000 in back pay and full benefit contributions and experienced no loss of seniority.
The Executive Board of the Chicago Chapter of the Teamsters National Black Caucus, under the leadership of President Ramon Williams, recently was elected to a new three-year term, which began January 1, 2016.
Teamsters Local 727 filed unfair labor practice charges against Chicago Zoological Society management because the company has engaged in bad faith bargaining. Negotiations on a new contract for full-time and seasonal zookeepers, groundskeepers, patrol officers and other union workers at Brookfield Zoo have ground to a halt because management refuses to budge from its draconian attendance policy proposal. The policy is designed to penalize union members for using their contractual sick day benefits.
Teamsters Local 727 has filed an unfair labor practice charge against Osco because the company still refuses to provide relevant information about its health and welfare plan.
Local 727 Membership Votes to Approve Strike Defense Fund Assessment
On September 29th, a majority of Teamsters Local 727 membership who were present and eligible to vote, voted overwhelmingly in favor of adopting a $2.00 monthly uniform assessment to be […]
Today, September 19th, the Executive Board Members of Teamsters Local 727 endorsed the Democratic nominees, Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz, for President and Vice President of the […]
For nearly three full weeks, Teamsters Local 727 members employed by SCR Medical Transportation, a subsidiary of Beacon Mobility, have stood together in protest of the Company’s ULPs which included: […]
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