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

| December 2, 2015

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, […]

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

| December 1, 2015

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.

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

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

| December 1, 2015

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 final contract offer on Nov. 24.

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Teamsters at Coca-Cola Refreshments Authorize ULP Strike

Teamsters at Coca-Cola Refreshments Authorize ULP Strike

| November 30, 2015

More than 225 Coca-Cola Refreshments workers represented by Teamsters Local 727 voted Sunday, November 29 to authorize an unfair labor practice strike against the beverage industry behemoth.

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Teamsters Local 727 Files Unfair Labor Practices Against Coca-Cola Refreshments

Teamsters Local 727 Files Unfair Labor Practices Against Coca-Cola Refreshments

| November 24, 2015

Teamsters Local 727 on Tuesday filed numerous unfair labor practice charges against Coca-Cola Refreshments, a subsidiary of Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), that include bargaining in bad faith, intimidation of workers with baseball bats and unilaterally changing contract terms and working conditions.

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