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Local 727 Files Labor Board Charges Against CZS Management

| February 1, 2016

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.

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Union Challenges Osco’s Refusal to Provide Health Care Information

Union Challenges Osco’s Refusal to Provide Health Care Information

| January 28, 2016

Teamsters Local 727 has filed an unfair labor practice charge against Osco because the company still refuses to provide relevant information about its health and welfare plan.

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Hawthorne Racecourse Program Sellers Ratify New Contracts

Hawthorne Racecourse Program Sellers Ratify New Contracts

| January 27, 2016

Teamsters Local 727 representatives secured new one-year contracts for program sellers at Hawthorne Racecourse and Hawthorne-Corliss OTB.

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TNBC Chicago Scholarship Applications Available

TNBC Chicago Scholarship Applications Available

| January 26, 2016

Applications are being accepted now for scholarships offered through the Chicago Chapter of the Teamsters National Black Caucus. Scholarships are available to all dependent children of any member in good standing of the TNBC Chicago Chapter. Applications are being accepted until April 9, 2016.

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Local 727 to Fairly Recalculate Commissioned Beverage Members’ Dues Rates

| January 22, 2016

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.

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