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Union News
Local 727 Files Labor Board Charges Against CZS Management
Teamsters Local 727 filed unfair labor practice charges against Chicago Zoological Society management because the company has engaged in bad faith bargaining. Negotiations on a new contract for full-time and seasonal zookeepers, groundskeepers, patrol officers and other union workers at Brookfield Zoo have ground to a halt because management refuses to budge from its draconian attendance policy proposal. The policy is designed to penalize union members for using their contractual sick day benefits.
Hawthorne Racecourse Program Sellers Ratify New Contracts
Teamsters Local 727 representatives secured new one-year contracts for program sellers at Hawthorne Racecourse and Hawthorne-Corliss OTB.
Local 727 to Fairly Recalculate Commissioned Beverage Members’ Dues Rates
Teamsters Local 727 has begun the process of fairly recalculating union dues rates for commissioned beverage members based on their 2015 earnings. “Routes change and the economy fluctuates, so this is the only way to ensure fairness for our members,” said John Coli Jr., President of Local 727.
Joint Council 25 Executive Board Unanimously Re-Elected
More than 100 Teamster delegates representing 27 local unions across Illinois and northwest Indiana unanimously re-elected the executive board of Teamsters Joint Council 25. In a meeting of delegates on Nov. 3, 2015, President John T. Coli praised the unity and perseverance of Joint Council 25.
John T. Coli Slate Elected as Delegates to 2016 Teamsters Convention
The John T. Coli Slate on Jan. 10 was elected to represent the local union at the 2016 Teamsters Convention in June.
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