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LATEST LOCAL 700 NEWS
05.15.13 Local 700 Honors National Police Week
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the week in which May 15 falls is designated as National Police Week...MORE
05.13.13 City of Chicago Announces MTD Vacancies
The City of Chicago announced 10 vacancies for motor truck drivers in the Department of Streets and Sanitation...MORE
05.10.13 Sheriff Owes Big: Local 700 Members to Receive Lost Wages and Compensatory Time for Hours Worked on Weekends, Evenings
The Illinois Department of Labor reached a settlement with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office on May 9 that will award 14 Teamsters Local 700 members with more than $589,000 in compensatory time and lost wages...MORE
05.09.13 Local 700 Honors Fallen Heroes at Illinois State Police Officers Memorial
Gov. Quinn, State Leaders Speak to Law Enforcement Members and Families
Teamsters Local 700 Political Director Mike Melone and Illinois State Police Master Sergeant Chief Stewards Rob Fierstein and Jim Poortinga attended the Illinois Police Officers Memorial in Springfield on May 2...MORE
05.07.13 City of Chicago Announces Bid for Foreman Positions
Testing Offered Throughout May for Interested MTD’s
The City of Chicago recently announced foreman position vacancies for motor truck drivers across several departments...MORE
05.06.13 Teamsters Local 700 Recognizes Hard Work of Corrections Officers, Members
Local 700 Celebrates National Correctional Officers’ Week
Teamsters Local 700 is proud to honor National Correctional Officers’ Week (May 6-10). Almost 30 years ago, President Ronald Reagan signed Proclamation 5187 and declared the first full week in May to be recognized as National Correctional Officers’ Week...MORE
05.03.13 Dangerous Amendment to SB 1 Passed House on May 2
CALL TO ACTION: Dangerous Pension Legislation Passes the House
Within hours of honoring fallen police officers who dedicated their lives to public service during the Illinois Police Officers Memorial, the Illinois House passed a dangerous amendment to Senate Bill 1 that would negatively impact pension benefits for state employees...MORE
05.01.13 Teamsters Reach Tentative Agreements Covering 250,000 at UPS, UPS Frieght
The Teamsters Union announced it has reached tentative agreements with UPS on new five-year national contracts for package and freight workers that protect their health benefits.
04.25.13 Call to Teamsters Law Enforcement Members: Teamsters Local 700 To Lead Delegation
Illinois Police Officers Memorial Held in Springfield May 2
Teamsters Local 700 will lead a delegation of law enforcement members at the Illinois Police Officers Memorial in Springfield on Thursday, May 2...MORE
04.25.13 City of Chicago Announces Vacancies: Auto Pound Supervisors
The City of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation has announced three auto pound supervisor vacancies...MORE
04.23.13 Local 700 Members Vote to Ratify New CTA Contract
By a vote of 49-11, rank-and-file members of Teamsters Local 700 ratified a new four-year contract secured on their behalf with the Chicago Transit Authority...MORE
04.19.13 IDOT Emergency Patrol Traffic Bill Sweeps Through House
Teamsters-Backed Bill Would Protect, Recognize IDOT Members
House Bill 774, also known as the Illinois Department of Transportation Emergency Traffic Patrol Bill, made its way through the House last week. The bill would heighten the recognition of IDOT emergency patrol vehicles by allowing the vehicles to flash red and white colored lights when responding to emergencies on the roadways...MORE
04.18.13 Local 700 Wins Reduced Suspension with Back Pay for Cook County Highway Member
Teamsters Local 700 fought to reduce the suspension of a Cook County Highway Department member, who has worked as a motor truck driver for 12 years...MORE
04.12.13 Teamsters Local 700 Wins $5 Million for Department of Aviation Members
Teamsters Local 700 won an estimated $5 million for city employees who were scheduled to work snow removal for the
2009-2010 and 2010-2011 snow seasons, but were sent home early without pay. This monumental win brings the largest monetary awards thus far for Local 700 members...MORE
04.10.13 BYLAW VOTE RESULTS IN: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO BYLAWS FAIL
Amendment #1
YES VOTES = 1,066
NO VOTES = 1,987
With a difference of more than 900 "NO" votes, the first proposed amendment did not receive the majority of votes required to pass.
Amendment #2
YES VOTES = 1,128
NO VOTES = 1,940
With a difference of more than
800 "NO" votes, the second proposed amendment did not receive the majority of votes required to pass.
04.09.13 Sheriff Department Implements Social Media Discipline Policy Without Bargaining
Teamsters Local 700 Files ULP Against Cook County Sheriff
Teamsters Local 700 filed an unfair labor practice charge with the Illinois Labor Relations Board against the Cook County
Sheriff’s Office on March 28. The ULP is in response to two separate general orders that were implemented by the Sheriff’s Office in January. The new
general orders were never bargained with or agreed to by the union, and both orders could force employees to face potential discipline
for their actions off-duty...MORE
04.08.13 Local 700 Fights to Overturn City of Chicago Member’s Termination: Member To Be Reinstated Immediately With Back Pay
Local 700 fought to overturn the wrongful termination of a member with Chicago’s Department of Streets and Sanitation. The Chicago Human Resources Board announced their decision on March 19 to reinstate a motor truck driver who was fired in March 2012. The employee, who worked for the city for 23 years, faced termination after hitting a viaduct with a bowl chipper...MORE
04.04.13 Teamsters Local 700 Recognizes April as National Donate Life Month
Every 11 minutes, a new person is added to the organ transplant waiting list. Of those 130 people who are added to waiting lists each day, an average of 75 people receive the organ transplants they need...MORE
04.02.13 Law Enforcement Appreciation Day At The Park: Tickets Available Now for April 25 Sox v. Rays
Buy Tickets By Friday, April 5 and Support the National Law Enforcement Museum
The Chicago White Sox have dedicated April 25 as Law Enforcement Appreciation Day At The Park to benefit the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, in honor of Illinois law enforcement members...MORE
04.02.13 Reminder to Seasonal Employees: Contact Local 700 to Requst Withdrawal Cards
Teamsters Local 700 members who are laid off or take a temporary leave of absence are encouraged to request a withdrawal card from the union. Withdrawal cards protect members from having to pay back dues or initiation fees when they return to work...MORE
04.01.13 Teamsters Local 700 Offers Condolences to Family of Fallen Trooper
A 28-year-old Illinois State Police Trooper was killed in a crash on the Tri-State Tollway late Thursday night. State Trooper James Sauter was on duty in his squad car when it was struck by a semi shortly after 11 p.m., according to state police...MORE
03.28.13 Teamsters Hold Steady Against Rush of Pension Reform Proposals
With the Illinois General Assembly on a two-week recess until April 10, the Teamsters are priming to protect member benefits from a flurry of new bills targeting the state’s drastically underfunded public employee pension systems...MORE
03.28.13 City of Chicago Job Posting: Chicago Public Library Hiring Motor Truck Driver
The City of Chicago announced one vacancy for a motor truck driver to fill immediately for the Chicago Public Library. Only current city employees represented by Local 700 are eligible to bid on the open position...MORE
03.15.13 Lead MARBA Negotiator Addresses Local 700 Members
Subcontracting Issues Dominate Talks, Economic Issues Still to be addressed
Terrence J. Hancock, the chair of the Teamsters negotiating committee in the MARBA negotiations, addressed Local 700’s membership meeting on Tuesday, March 12. Hancock gave an update on the state of negotiations, which have been ongoing since April 2012...MORE
03.11.13 From www.Teamster.org: Local Union Radio Shows Educate and Inform
Teamsters are taking to the airwaves. Whether it's through a live broadcast on a local radio station or a podcast, Teamsters are using the latest technologies to spread the union message.Teamsters Local 700 in Chicago recently began a weekly radio broadcast to bring news and information to members, as well as to the general public...MORE
03.07.13 IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED: Public Employee Pension Benefits At Risk
Local 700 Urges Members to Contact Legislators and Demand a Fair Solution
Lawmakers in Springfield failed to pass dangerous pension reform proposals last week, but it's not over yet.
Legislators are at it again and will continue to bring forward additional proposals that will likely cap pensionable income, increase employee contributions and negatively impact the cost of living adjustment for public employees...MORE
03.04.13 Local 700 Fights to Overturn Member’s Termination
Local 700 fought to overturn the wrongful termination of a member with Chicago’s Department of Streets and Sanitation. A motor truck driver who worked for the department for more than 20 years was faced with termination in March 2012 after hitting a viaduct with a bowl chipper...MORE
02.28.13 IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED: Public Employee Pension Benefits At Risk
Local 700 Urges Members to Contact Legislators and Demand a Fair Solution
The Teamsters represent more than 15,000 public employees in Illinois. Call or Email your legislators to oppose any pension reform proposal that equates to a loss of wages or benefits for public employees...MORE
02.28.13 Notice to members: Proposed Amendment to Bylaws
Pursuant to the bylaw provisions of Local 700, proposed amendments to the bylaws have been presented for consideration by the membership. The Local 700 Executive Board has directed that the vote on the amendments to the bylaws be conducted by mail referendum...MORE
02.27.13 Teamsters Win ULP for Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Members
Teamsters Local 700 won a recent ruling on an unfair labor practice charge filed against the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
In fall 2011, the toll way authority threatened to stop providing I-Passes to its employees...MORE.
02.22.13 Deadlines Approaching for City of Chicago Wellness Plan
Chicago employees and members of Local 700 are participating in the City of Chicago's Health and Wellness Plan. Deadlines are quickly approaching for health screenings and well being
assessments (WBA). In order for members to qualify for coverage under the plan, members must complete four required steps...MORE
02.13.13 Teamsters Win Time Back for Markham Police Department
Members See Thousands of Hours Returned
Local 700 members will see 26,000 hours, equating to $650,000, returned to them by the city of Markham. Markam was keeping improper time records for their police department officers since 2011...MORE
02.11.13 Teamsters Give Back: Members Shave Head, Jump in Lake for Charity
Teamsters Local 700 member Amy Henion, a union steward with the Oak Forest Dispatch, will swap her pony tail for a shaved head to raise money for the St. Baldrick's Foundation...MORE
02.07.13 Pension Reform News: A Message from WE ARE ONE ILLINOIS
In a recent speech to the City Club of Chicago, Senate President John Cullerton made clear that he intends to move pension legislation "as quickly as possible." The Chicago Sun-Times reports he hopes to have the full Senate vote by late February. To fulfill this threat, President Cullerton has introduced Senate Bill...MORE
01.31.13 Teamsters Win: Arbitrator Ordered Administration to Cease and Desist
In a recent arbitration decision, the administration at the Cook County Department of Corrections was ordered to cease and desist from requiring roll calls for the Electronic Monitoring Investigators...MORE
01.24.13 Teamsters Local 700 Offers Condolences to Late Member's Family
Teamsters Local 700 member and Illinois Department of Transportation worker Norman Wallace passed away on Monday, Jan. 21 after responding to a snow and ice call...MORE
01.23.13 Local 700 Saves CCDOC Members 400+ Days of Suspension
Teamsters Local 700 saved members of the Cook County Department of Corrections more than 400 days in
suspension hours after winning a Jan. 15, 2013 arbitration over improper systems checks...MORE
01.22.13 Teamsters Secure Four Years of Lost Wages for Police Communications Operators
After a seven-year fight for fair wages, 23 police supervisors represented by Teamsters Local 700 were awarded substantial back pay and wage increases in an arbitration ruling on Jan. 9....MORE
01.18.13 Political Director's Report: Pension Reform Update for State Employees
Political Director and Executive Board Recording Secretary Mike Melone was in Springfield in early January
monitoring legislative action on pension reform with Illinois State Police Master Sergeant Chief Stewards Rob Fierstein and Jim Poortinga and Joint Council 25 Political Director Jeff Crabtree...MORE
01.14.13 Teamster Member, IL Toll Highway Authority Worker Hit by Drunk Driver
Local 700 Asks Members to Keep Steward in Thoughts
Teamsters Local 700 member and steward Ken Krown was called out around 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 20 to check a light pole that was reported down and remove it from harms way on south-bound Interstate 294...MORE.
01.08.13 Teamsters Local 700 Secures Significant Reimbursement for City Employees
Union Wins Multi-Million Dollar Case Against the City of Chicago
Teamsters Local 700 won an estimated $1.5-2 million for city employees who were scheduled to work snow removal between 2009 and 2010, but were sent home early without pay, a direct violation of their contract. This monumental win brings the largest monetary award thus far for Local 700 members...MORE
01.05.2013 CALL TO ACTION: CONTACT LEGISLATORS, SAY NO TO PENSION CUTS
Local 700 Urges Members to Contact Legislators to Oppose
Unconstitutional Pension Reform
Teamsters Local 700 encourages members to contact state legislators today and
tomorrow to voice strong opposition against any pension reform proposal that equates to a loss of benefits or a loss of wages for public employees...MORE
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