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Sep
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Aug
Hinckley Springs Inside Workers Ratify New 5-Year Contract
Teamsters Local 727 and Hinckley Springs recently ratified a new five-year contract that guarantees a 2% wage increase each year beginning in 2018. The Union was successful in negotiating a…
08
Aug
Union Stands United with Soda Members in Light of Cook County Beverage Tax
On August 2, 2017, the Cook County Sweetened Beverage Tax Ordinance went into effect. As a result of this tax and the burden it places on businesses, hundreds of good…
25
Jul
Local 727 Files Grievance Against GLCCD for Unjust Termination
Teamsters Local 727 has filed a grievance against Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution for its unjust termination of an employee. The employee who requested and was on Family Medical Leave was…
29
Jun
Coca-Cola to Reimburse Affected Members of Tobacco Premiums
The union filed a grievance as a result of tobacco premiums that Coca-Cola charged members in 2016 in violation of the collective bargaining agreement. Due to the union’s efforts, within…