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Local 727 Fighting Hard for Its Members, Files Hundreds of Grievances Against Employers

Teamsters Local 727 has had a very busy 2017 filing grievances on behalf of its members. Since January, Local 727 business representatives have filed over 300 grievances. Of those grievances,…

PHOTOS: At October Meeting, Members Welcomed Cook County Sheriff Candidate Eddie Acevedo

Secretary-Treasurer John Coli Jr. updated the membership on contracts, grievances, arbitrations and other union business during Teamsters Local 727’s general meeting on October 29, 2017. In the last month,…

Union and Wyndham Hotel Shuttle Drivers Ratify New Contract

Wyndham Hotel shuttle drivers voted recently to ratify a new contract. This is just the second contract negotiated for this group, who became Local 727 members only five years ago.…

Urge Former Teamster Jerry Lee Long to Vote Yes on Right-to-Work Override

All Teamsters in Illinois are strongly urged to call Republican State Rep. Jerry Lee Long and tell him to vote “yes” to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of Senate Bill…

Local 727 Obtains Reinstatement and Back-Pay for Unjustly Laid Off Edward Hotel Workers

Five Edward Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn Express O’Hare Rosemont) shuttle bus drivers were returned to work after being unjustly laid off because of an alleged revocation of Edward Hotel’s Department…