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Central States’ 2018 Annual Funding Notice: Pension Plan 27.2% Funded & Expected to Become Insolvent in 2025

| May 2, 2019

The Central States Pension Fund has mailed two notices to all Plan participants and beneficiaries; the 2019 Notice of Critical and Declining Status and the 2018 Annual Funding Notice.  If […]

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May Day is a Day for Celebration and Reflection

May Day is a Day for Celebration and Reflection

| May 1, 2019

A Message from John Coli, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 727: Today we celebrate May Day, or International Workers’ Day, that has its origins right here in Chicago.  On May […]

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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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