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Unfair Labor Practices Could Lead to Teamsters Strike at Navy Pier

Unfair Labor Practices Could Lead to Teamsters Strike at Navy Pier

| May 5, 2017

Local 727 Fighting to Save Security, Fire & Safety Officers’ Jobs In February 2017, Navy Pier Inc. (NPI) – the company that manages Navy Pier – issued a request for proposal […]

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Funeral Directors Take Advantage of Union’s Free Spring CE Seminar

Funeral Directors Take Advantage of Union’s Free Spring CE Seminar

| May 5, 2017

Teamsters Local 727 funeral directors learned about federal mediation and conciliation service, Nova Care, estate planning, embalming a diabetes case, and the proper treatment of tissue restoration during the union’s semi-annual […]

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Local 727 and SCI Move Closer to Agreement on New Contract

| May 4, 2017

Representatives of Teamsters Local 727 and Service Corporation International moved closer to a new collective bargaining agreement in the latest round of negotiations held May 2, 2017. The previous agreement […]

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Local 727 Marches for Workers’ Rights on May Day, 2017

Local 727 Marches for Workers’ Rights on May Day, 2017

| May 3, 2017

Despite the dreary weather, the staff and members of Teamsters Local 727 came out in full force to celebrate International Workers’ Day, May 1, 2017. James Wright, a member who […]

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PHOTOS: Local 727 Membership Called to Rally for Immigrants, Workers on May Day

PHOTOS: Local 727 Membership Called to Rally for Immigrants, Workers on May Day

| May 1, 2017

  President John Coli Jr. presided as officers and representatives updated the membership on contracts, grievances, arbitrations and other union business during Teamsters Local 727’s general meeting on April 30. […]

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