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Dr Pepper Unwilling to Have Expert Engineer Determine Efficiency Standards, Doesn’t Bat an Eye at Unjust Termination of a Member over the Issue

| April 12, 2019

The Teamsters Local 727 bargaining committee kicked off this afternoon’s bargaining by presenting the American Bottling Company, a Keurig Dr Pepper subsidiary, with a comprehensive counterproposal.  The parties focused the […]

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UIC Graduate Workers Ratify New Contract after a 3+ Week Strike

| April 12, 2019

After 13 months of negotiations and over 3 weeks on the strike line, more than 1,500 graduate and teaching assistants of the University of Illinois Chicago Graduate Employees Organization (UIC-GEO) […]

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Dr Pepper’s Health Care Sale Makes Us Sick

Dr Pepper’s Health Care Sale Makes Us Sick

| April 12, 2019

Teamsters Local 727 opened this morning’s bargaining session with the American Bottling Company, a subsidiary of Keurig Dr Pepper, by inviting a Local 727 Benefit Funds Representative into the negotiations […]

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Record-Setting Number of Grievances Filed Against GLCCD Illustrates its Broken Relationship with Employees & Local 727

Record-Setting Number of Grievances Filed Against GLCCD Illustrates its Broken Relationship with Employees & Local 727

| April 12, 2019

Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution, a subsidiary of Reyes Holdings, has claimed repeatedly that it would like to repair and improve its relationship with its employees and with Teamsters Local 727.  […]

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Local 727 Files Charge Against GLCCD General Manager for Threatening Statements

Local 727 Files Charge Against GLCCD General Manager for Threatening Statements

| April 11, 2019

This week, Teamsters Local 727 filed charges against Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution, Inc. after General Manager Steve Zulanas allegedly made threatening statements to Union members.  The charges are now pending […]

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