THE MEMBERSHIP OF TEAMSTERS LOCAL 727
Teamsters Local 727 proudly represents nearly 10,000 hardworking men and women in a variety of industries throughout the Greater Chicagoland area.
Teamsters Local 727
John Coli, Jr. Secretary-Treasurer
1300 W. Higgins Road, Suite 111
Park Ridge, IL 60068
(847) 696-7500 phone
(847) 720-4984 fax
www.TeamstersLocal727.org
Under the leadership of Secretary-Treasurer John Coli, Jr., Teamsters Local 727’s membership has nearly doubled over the last decade. Workers have stood together to vote for union representation and a voice on the job, and Teamsters Local 727 representatives have fought for fair wages, benefits and working conditions for each and every member.
Teamsters Local 727’s diverse membership ranges from funeral directors to zookeepers, paratransit drivers to pharmacists. Some of the union’s largest bargaining units include:
Teamsters Local 727
John Coli, Jr. Secretary-Treasurer
1300 W. Higgins Road, Suite 111
Park Ridge, IL 60068
(847) 696-7500 phone
(847) 720-4984 fax
www.TeamstersLocal727.org
Under the leadership of Secretary-Treasurer John Coli, Jr., Teamsters Local 727’s membership has nearly doubled over the last decade. Workers have stood together to vote for union representation and a voice on the job, and Teamsters Local 727 representatives have fought for fair wages, benefits and working conditions for each and every member.
Teamsters Local 727’s diverse membership ranges from funeral directors to zookeepers, paratransit drivers to pharmacists. Some of the union’s largest bargaining units include:
FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE
Teamsters Local 727 representatives work tirelessly on behalf of their members to ensure they are treated fairly by management. Recently, the union has won the fight for justice for the following members:
- A Teamsters Local 727-represented Dr. Pepper Snapple Group driver returned to work with full back pay. The driver was unjustly terminated, and the Teamsters took the case to arbitration. The arbitrator ruled in the union’s favor, and the driver was reinstated to his original position and received $84,000 in back pay.
- A Cook DuPage Transportation driver was wrongfully discharged, and the union immediately filed a grievance on the driver’s behalf. Through the grievance procedure, Local 727 was able to get the termination reduced to a 10-day suspension, and the driver was reinstated and went back to work. Local 727 representatives also worked to get another CDT member 10 hours in back pay.
- Fifty Osco pharmacists received holiday back pay following a fight by Teamsters Local 727 representatives.
- Teamsters Local 727 parking members received more than $40,000 in back pay following the union’s fight against Capital Parking, which failed to pay the 27 members’ vacation, sick and personal time.
- Teamsters Local 727 parking members at Hotel Orrington in Evanston were made whole for vacation time they were denied when management violated the contract’s seniority language. The 10 workers were collectively owed 248 vacation hours.
A CUT ABOVE THE REST
Teamsters Local 727’s dedicated staff of educated professionals is helping to alter the outdated perceptions about labor unions.
Local 727 has a long history of defying convention and stereotypes, and Secretary-Treasurer John Coli, Jr. has assembled a team of educated leaders and representatives to better serve the membership.
“We are a very aggressive, forward-thinking local union, and our high-energy staff members are a good fit for what we want to accomplish,” Coli said.
Local 727 has a long history of defying convention and stereotypes, and Secretary-Treasurer John Coli, Jr. has assembled a team of educated leaders and representatives to better serve the membership.
“We are a very aggressive, forward-thinking local union, and our high-energy staff members are a good fit for what we want to accomplish,” Coli said.
- In 2014 alone, the union secured 70 new contracts and organized more than 900 new members, and Local 727 has seen its membership continuously grow over the last seven years.
- Local 727 employs a full-time, in-house legal department to handle grievances and arbitrations and file labor board charges against bad employers.
- Local 727’s communications director keeps members informed via newsletters, email blasts, bargaining updates and the union’s website, TeamstersLocal727.org.
- Local 727 bargains with national and international corporations like Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, $4 billion funeral industry giant SCI, Osco and CVS pharmacies, First Group and movie studios like Warner Bros. and FOX.
Please be aware that no statement made on this page should be interpreted as a promise of benefits and that everything is subject to the negotiation process.
