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Union Continues to Fight For CVS Pharmacists’ Overlap, Reasonable Work Hours

| May 2, 2016

CVS management continues to demand that pharmacists work longer days while cutting their weekly hours. “Like we have been saying all along, this contract is about quality of life issues,” said John Coli Jr., President of Teamsters Local 727.

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Pepsi Sends Union Last, Best, Final Contract Offer

| May 2, 2016

Pepsi management sent the union its last, best and final contract offer on Monday. “The company’s offer doesn’t have every single thing the union asked for, but we did not give up a single concession,” said John T. Coli, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 727.

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Union Offers to Enter Mediation After Osco Halts Movement

| April 29, 2016

The Teamsters Local 727 Bargaining Committee offered to enter mediation with Osco management after the company did not mirror the major movement by the union on the final scheduled day of bargaining Friday.

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New Labor-Management Committee Meetings to Provide Vehicle for Union, Osco Pharmacists to Affect Change

| April 29, 2016

The Teamsters Local 727 Osco Bargaining Committee made significant movement Friday by withdrawing proposals and referring them for continued discussion in the newly agreed upon Joint Labor-Management Committee meetings. The […]

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Union Reiterates Osco Pharmacists’ Core Demands on Final Day of Bargaining

Union Reiterates Osco Pharmacists’ Core Demands on Final Day of Bargaining

| April 29, 2016

The Teamsters Local 727 Bargaining Committee opened the last day of negotiations with Osco management Friday by reiterating pharmacists’ core non-economic demands: tech hours/overlap, coverage, part-timers’ benefits, job postings and floaters’ geographic restrictions.

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