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Read the Teamsters Local 727 Spring 2019 Member Newsletter Now!

Read the Teamsters Local 727 Spring 2019 Member Newsletter Now!

| April 17, 2019

Teamsters Local 727 has kicked off 2019 on a high-note! Catch up on the Union’s recent victories, check out photos of Local 727 in action, and read a special message from […]

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UIC Graduate Workers Ratify New Contract after a 3+ Week Strike

| April 12, 2019

After 13 months of negotiations and over 3 weeks on the strike line, more than 1,500 graduate and teaching assistants of the University of Illinois Chicago Graduate Employees Organization (UIC-GEO) […]

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Local 727 Fights to Make Every Day Equal Pay Day

| April 2, 2019

A Message from John Coli, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 727: While today may be Equal Pay Day—the day that marks how far into 2019 an average woman has to […]

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Wear RED Tomorrow to Show Your Support for Pay Equality

| April 1, 2019

The average woman earns just 80 cents to the dollar a man makes for the same work. Equal Pay Day will be observed tomorrow, April 2nd.  This date indicates the […]

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PHOTOS: At March Meeting, Local 727 Members Enthusiastically Applaud Endorsement of Lori Lightfoot for Mayor

PHOTOS: At March Meeting, Local 727 Members Enthusiastically Applaud Endorsement of Lori Lightfoot for Mayor

| April 1, 2019

  During yesterday’s March general membership meeting, Teamsters Local 727 members enthusiastically applauded Secretary-Treasurer John Coli, Jr.’s announcement of the Union’s endorsement of Lori Lightfoot for Mayor of the City […]

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