Teamsters Local 727 with the Labor Alliance for Public Transportation fights to save Public Transit in Illinois
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 she shared about her work advocating for United We Move in the Illinois General Assembly.
In case you have not heard the news, Illinois faces a $770 million transit fiscal cliff. If the Illinois General Assembly fails to act by May 31, we will face drastic service cuts that will negatively impact riders by cutting service, increasing costs, and slowing down commute times.
Click here to listen to Enterna talk about what is at stake for the future of public transit and why it matters to union members like her.
“The ‘United We Move’ bill is a major legislative priority for us this year in Springfield,” said John Coli, Jr., Secretary Treasurer of Teamsters Local 727. “Tell your legislators to support our ‘United We Move’ bill to fund CTA, Metra, and Pace and deliver safer, smarter public transit in Illinois!”
Click here to sign the petition letting legislators know that our communities want a safer, reliable, affordable transit system – not cuts to service that will harm our ability to do our jobs, support our families and get to and from work.
If you have any questions about the bill or would like to get more involved, please call the Union Hall at 847-696-7500.
Nothing in this article should be read as the union’s waiver of any legal argument, position or grievance(s), or as a waiver of any rights, arguments, or defenses under any contract, collective bargaining agreement, or applicable law. The union does not forfeit its right to make any and all supplemental arguments.
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