Teamsters Local 700
Recent News About Teamsters Local 700
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Labor board judge: Chicago trampled union bargaining rights by firing workers who refused Covid vax
The city of Chicago may need to rehire the workers it fired for refusing to receive a Covid vaccine, because the city violated state labor laws by denying unions the chance to negotiate over the consequences vaccine-objecting workers could face under the mandate, an administrative law judge for the ILRB has ruled -
Chicago firefighters, city workers must get COVID vax, or face 'no-pay status,' arbitrator rules
The arbitrator gave Chicago employees until Jan. 31 to complete the vaccine course, or risk losing their jobs, under Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's mandate -
Two dozen unions ask Cook County judge to block Lightfoot's Chicago city worker COVID vax mandate
The unions are seeking a court order similar to one granted to Chicago's police union, ordering the city to halt enforcement of the vaccine mandate until arbitration between the city and union can be completed over Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Dec. 31 COVID vaccine mandate. -
Judge: Union, Cook Circuit Clerk can't exclude federal hiring monitors from grievance proceedings
A federal judge said the Cook County Circuit Clerk can be forced to subject union grievance proceedings and other collective bargaining issues to federal oversight, to make sure politics is not improperly guiding employee disciplinary decisions. -
Supreme Court: Teamsters local isn't on hook for $2M HQ build, lease deal, because members didn't OK contract
The Illinois Supreme Court says a builder can't force a local chapter of the Teamsters to pay a $2 million judgment for breaching the contract under which the builder built and leased the union a new headquarters, because one of the union's officers executed the deal without the consent of the membership, voiding the contract with the builder. -
Appeals court: Teamsters local still owes $2M for revoked lease after absorbing troubled local; boss Coli off hook
A local Teamsters union must still pay about $2 million to the landlord of its previous headquarters, after an appellate court found its lease agreement was valid even though the local president didn’t follow proper protocol in executing the agreement. -
Appeals panel: Cook Sheriff must bargain with union on rules governing association with gang members
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office can unilaterally impose rules on employees' social media activity, but can’t do so without first consulting the union when forbidding sheriff’s deputies and correctional officers from associating with gang members, a state appeals court has ruled.