Union News

Teamsters International Approves Strike Benefits for Chicago Coca-Cola Workers

The General Executive Board of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters today approved strike assistance benefits for more than 300 Chicago-area workers who could initiate an unfair labor practice strike at…

DoubleTree Arlington Heights Housekeepers Ratify First Union Contract

Thirty housekeepers at DoubleTree Arlington Heights ratified their first union contract just a few weeks after shuttle bus drivers at the hotel did the same. Both bargaining units voted to…

COCA-COLA REFRESHMENTS ASKS TEAMSTERS TO DELAY ULP STRIKE 24 HOURS

Coca-Cola Refreshments after midnight on Dec. 1 asked Teamsters Local 727 to delay an authorized unfair labor practice strike by 24 hours. In the interest of settling those outstanding differences,…

Coca-Cola Teamsters Demand Respect as Final Day of New Contract Negotiations Begins

The Teamsters Local 727 Bargaining Committee and Coca-Cola Refreshments met for more than 14 hours on Nov. 30 to try to come to terms on a new contract. After bargaining…

First Transit Agrees to Meet Again After Paratransit Drivers Unanimously Reject Contract Offer

First Transit management has agreed to meet again with the Teamsters Local 727 Bargaining Committee after drivers at the DuPage paratransit facility unanimously rejected the company’s unreasonable last, best and…