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CHICAGO TEAMSTERS STRIKE COCA-COLA REFRESHMENTS OVER UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES

CHICAGO TEAMSTERS STRIKE COCA-COLA REFRESHMENTS OVER UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES

| December 2, 2015

More than 300 Teamsters Local 727 members are initiating an unfair labor practice strike against Coca-Cola Refreshments at 5 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 3, after the beverage industry behemoth intimidated workers and engaged in bad faith bargaining during negotiations for a new contract.

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Teamsters International Approves Strike Benefits for Chicago Coca-Cola Workers

Teamsters International Approves Strike Benefits for Chicago Coca-Cola Workers

| December 2, 2015

The General Executive Board of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters today approved strike assistance benefits for more than 300 Chicago-area workers who could initiate an unfair labor practice strike at any time against Coca-Cola Refreshments.

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DoubleTree Arlington Heights Housekeepers Ratify First Union Contract

| December 2, 2015

Thirty housekeepers at DoubleTree Arlington Heights ratified their first union contract just a few weeks after shuttle bus drivers at the hotel did the same.

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COCA-COLA REFRESHMENTS ASKS TEAMSTERS TO DELAY ULP STRIKE 24 HOURS

| December 2, 2015

Coca-Cola Refreshments after midnight on Dec. 1 asked Teamsters Local 727 to delay an authorized unfair labor practice strike by 24 hours. In the interest of settling those outstanding differences, […]

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Coca-Cola Teamsters Demand Respect as Final Day of New Contract Negotiations Begins

| December 1, 2015

The Teamsters Local 727 Bargaining Committee and Coca-Cola Refreshments met for more than 14 hours on Nov. 30 to try to come to terms on a new contract.

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