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Local 727 Applies for IBT Strike Benefits for MV Workers and Obtains Joint Council 25 Strike Sanction

| September 20, 2019

Last week, Teamsters Local 727 informed Joint Council 25 that two bargaining units of transit workers employed by MV Transportation, Inc. have authorized the initiation of an unfair labor practice […]

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Company Makes Little Movement After CPS Paratransit & Loyola University Shuttle Workers Vote to Initiate Unfair Labor Practice Strikes

| September 12, 2019

CHICAGO, September 12, 2019 – Two bargaining units of transit workers represented by Teamsters Local 727 voted to authorize initiating unfair labor practice (ULP) strikes against their employer, MV Transportation, […]

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Teamsters Local 727 CPS Paratransit & Loyola University Shuttle Drivers & Aides Set to Vote on Initiating ULP Strikes

Teamsters Local 727 CPS Paratransit & Loyola University Shuttle Drivers & Aides Set to Vote on Initiating ULP Strikes

| August 29, 2019

CHICAGO, August 29, 2019 – While students busily prepare for the first day of a new school year, the Chicagoland transit workers they depend upon are busy preparing for potential […]

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PHOTOS: Local 727 Hosts Annual Paratransit Cookouts for MV and First Transit Members

PHOTOS: Local 727 Hosts Annual Paratransit Cookouts for MV and First Transit Members

| August 14, 2019

This summer, Teamsters Local 727 hosted its annual paratransit cookouts for MV Transportation, Inc. and First Transit members at the companies’ Chicago and North Cook facilities.  Hundreds of hardworking members […]

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Do YOU Know Your Weingarten Rights?

| August 13, 2019

Disciplinary Write-Up Removed from Member’s Record After Union’s Quick Action A dispatcher employed by First Transit DuPage recently had a disciplinary write-up removed from his employment record thanks to the […]

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