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Union Succeeds in Securing Backpay for Member Wrongfully Removed from Service

| October 15, 2018

Teamsters Local 727 recently settled a grievance and secured backpay for a paratransit driver employed by MV Transportation who was unjustly removed from service. In March 2018, the driver was […]

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CVS Claim that Negotiations are not “Personal” Spurs Outrage from Teamster Local 727 Bargaining Committee

CVS Claim that Negotiations are not “Personal” Spurs Outrage from Teamster Local 727 Bargaining Committee

| October 11, 2018

CHICAGO, October 11, 2018 – CVS (NYSE: CVS) sparked outrage during negotiations with Teamsters Local 727 on Wednesday, October 3rd when the Company’s lead negotiator claimed that CVS’s tactics and […]

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Union Ratifies New Contract with MV Chicago, Members to Receive Largest Wage Raise in Bargaining Unit History

Union Ratifies New Contract with MV Chicago, Members to Receive Largest Wage Raise in Bargaining Unit History

| October 11, 2018

Just two weeks after voting to authorize a strike, Teamsters Local 727 members employed by MV Transportation Chicago Division 135 overwhelmingly ratified the richest contract in bargaining unit history this […]

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Local 727 Effects Change at IL Pharmacy Task Force Hearing

| October 5, 2018

Teamsters Local 727 remains at the forefront of the fight for pharmacy reform in Illinois. As the representative for hundreds of Osco and CVS pharmacists, Local 727 has witnessed firsthand […]

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Sour Over the Union’s Massive Arbitration Win, Chicago Tribune Attempts to Overturn Arbitration Award

Sour Over the Union’s Massive Arbitration Win, Chicago Tribune Attempts to Overturn Arbitration Award

| October 5, 2018

The Chicago Tribune filed a lawsuit last month against Teamsters Local 727 in an attempt to avoid paying nearly 120 Teamster newspaper truck drivers backpay awarded to them by a […]

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