Forest Preserve

Teamsters Local 700 Continues to Fight Transfer of Grass Cutting Work

April 26, 2016

The Illinois Labor Relations Board (ILRB) notified Teamsters Local 700 of a hearing regarding the transfer of grass cutting work from the Cook County Highway to the Forest [read more...]

Local 700 Seeks Remedy for Transfer of Grass Cutting Work

March 30, 2016

In June 2015, members of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County alerted Teamsters Local 700 that they had been assigned to perform grass cutting on highway roadsides, [read more...]

Local 700 Forest Preserve Member Receives Back Pay due to Invalid Start Date

March 22, 2016

Teamsters Local 700 Cook County Forest Preserve member Andre Hope was recently awarded back pay after the union helped discover that his was missing more that he had [read more...]

Forest Preserve Members Overwhelmingly Ratify Contract

October 26, 2015

On Oct. 14, more than 100 members of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County came to Local 700 to vote on their new contract proposal. The contract was overwhelmingly [read more...]

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Forest Preserve

Teamsters Local 700 Continues to Fight Transfer of Grass Cutting Work

Local 700 Seeks Remedy for Transfer of Grass Cutting Work

Local 700 Forest Preserve Member Receives Back Pay due to Invalid Start Date

Forest Preserve Members Overwhelmingly Ratify Contract