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Sheriff of Grundy County Praises Arbitration Award That Puts his Officers in Imminent Danger

April 20, 2018

On Jan. 9, 2018, an arbitrator decided to grant the Sheriff of Grundy County his proposal of sending one Grundy County Correctional Officer on transports of dangerous inmates [read more...]

IBT Public Services Conference Aimed at Internally Organizing Teamster Power

April 20, 2018

Teamsters Local 700 Trustees Greg Ortiz and Anthony McGee represented the union at the IBT’s 2018 Public Services Division Conference, which focused on building Teamster [read more...]

Federal Judge Rules Against Conceal and Carry Option for Retired Deputies and Correctional Officers

April 17, 2018

In February 2016, Teamsters Local 700 helped fund the litigation aimed at changing a provision in the Illinois Administrative code that would allow all retired Cook County [read more...]

Teamsters Local 700 celebrates National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week

April 13, 2018

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week kicked off Monday, April 9 and goes through April 14. Thank you to the Teamsters Local 700 members who are dispatchers and [read more...]

Teamsters at Northwest Mosquito Abatement District Fight the Bite

April 13, 2018

The Teamsters at the Northwest Mosquito Abatement District (NWMAD) have been working hard this winter to prepare for another season of protecting the public from summer’s [read more...]

Go Orange: National Work Zone Awareness Week

April 9, 2018

The month of April is traditionally the start of highway and road construction throughout the country and many Teamsters face hazardous conditions while working in these [read more...]

Teamsters Local 700 Recognizes National Donate Life Month

April 4, 2018

April is designated as National Donate Life Month, a time when communities across the country generate attention to the mass shortage of organs and tissue for patients in [read more...]

Kim Nichols: From a Pool Driver to a Foreman

March 28, 2018

Nearly 14 years ago, Kim Nichols started working for the City of Chicago as a Pool Motor Truck Driver in the Department of Aviation at O’Hare. Today, Kim has come [read more...]

City of Chicago members eligible to receive bonus will get check by tomorrow

March 22, 2018

All City of Chicago members that were eligible to receive the $2,000 contractual bonus should get your check by today or latest tomorrow. If you do not receive it by [read more...]

Teamsters Local 700 welcomes members of the Stickney Fire Department

March 14, 2018

Teamsters Local 700 welcomed its newest members of the Stickney Fire Department to the union hall on Wednesday, March 14. Firefighters of the Stickney Fire Department voted [read more...]

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