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Hinckley Springs Inside Workers Ratify New 5-Year Contract

Teamsters Local 727 and Hinckley Springs recently ratified a new five-year contract that guarantees a 2% wage increase each year beginning in 2018. The Union was successful in negotiating a…

Union Stands United with Soda Members in Light of Cook County Beverage Tax

On August 2, 2017, the Cook County Sweetened Beverage Tax Ordinance went into effect. As a result of this tax and the burden it places on businesses, hundreds of good…

PHOTOS: Union Hosts 2nd Annual Barbecue for Paratransit Members

Teamsters Local 727 hosted a barbecue for First Transit Chicago members on July 26. It was one of several barbecues the Union is hosting for paratransit drivers this summer.…

Local 727 Fighting Hard for Its Members, Files Numerous Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against Employers

Teamsters Local 727 is maintaining an active presence before the National Labor Relations Board in 2017, having filed more than a dozen unfair labor practice charges against various employers in…

Local 727 Benefit Fund Trustees Approve 10% Increase to Pension Accrual

Current members of Teamsters Local 727 whose employers participate and contribute to the Funeral Industry pension plan or the Parking Industry pension plan, thanks to their union contract, will soon…