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Local 727 Executive Board Elected to New Term

Local 727 Executive Board Elected to New Term

| December 8, 2022

On Sunday, November 6, 2022, the Executive Board of Teamsters Local 727 was elected to a new three-year term by an enthusiastic gathering of the Local 727 membership. The Unity […]

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First Transit Representatives Walk Out of Negotiations on Third Day of Bargaining

First Transit Representatives Walk Out of Negotiations on Third Day of Bargaining

| December 7, 2022

Negotiations ended early today with Company representatives walking out of negotiations after the Union stood up for the Drivers and Dispatchers at First Transit Chicago. After presenting an insulting offer […]

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First Transit Chicago Presents Substandard Wage Proposal and Engages in Regressive Bargaining on Day Two of Negotiations

First Transit Chicago Presents Substandard Wage Proposal and Engages in Regressive Bargaining on Day Two of Negotiations

| December 7, 2022

Representatives of Local 727 and First Transit Chicago met today for the second day of bargaining over a successor collective bargaining agreement. Although Local 727’s bargaining committee had high hopes […]

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Boo at the Zoo Returns to Chicago Zoological Society’s Brookfield Zoo!

Boo at the Zoo Returns to Chicago Zoological Society’s Brookfield Zoo!

| October 4, 2022

Save the Date for Boo! at the Zoo The Boo! at the Zoo returns this October 8-23. Come support the hardworking Teamster members who work at the Brookfield Zoo this […]

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Chicago Sun-Times Highlights Longtime Union Funeral Home Matriarch

| August 26, 2021

The Chicago Sun-Times recently published an article on its website announcing the unfortunate passing of Margaret “Peggy” Cooney. Peggy helped operate Cooney Funeral Home, a longtime 727 represented funeral home.

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