Enterna Williams, paratransit operator at SCR Medical Transportation and proud Teamsters Local 727 member, was a featured guest on WGN Radio 720 AM’s “The Workers’ Mic: Spotlight on Transit,” where […]
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Applications Available for 2016-17 James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarships
Applications are now available for the 2016-17 James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarships. Children and grandchildren of active and retired Teamsters who are in their last year of high school and rank in the top 15 percent of their high school class are eligible.
CHICAGO TEAMSTERS STRIKE COCA-COLA REFRESHMENTS OVER UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES
More than 300 Teamsters Local 727 members are initiating an unfair labor practice strike against Coca-Cola Refreshments at 5 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 3, after the beverage industry behemoth intimidated workers and engaged in bad faith bargaining during negotiations for a new contract.
Teamsters International Approves Strike Benefits for Chicago Coca-Cola Workers
The General Executive Board of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters today approved strike assistance benefits for more than 300 Chicago-area workers who could initiate an unfair labor practice strike at any time against Coca-Cola Refreshments.
DoubleTree Arlington Heights Housekeepers Ratify First Union Contract
Thirty housekeepers at DoubleTree Arlington Heights ratified their first union contract just a few weeks after shuttle bus drivers at the hotel did the same.
COCA-COLA REFRESHMENTS ASKS TEAMSTERS TO DELAY ULP STRIKE 24 HOURS
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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