PARATRANSIT

Cook DuPage Transportation’s Last Minute Refusal to Meet Industry Standards Offends Local 727 Paratransit Workers

CHICAGO, November 8, 2018 – Cook DuPage Transportation Co., Inc. (CDT), a subsidiary of National Express (LSE: NEX), not only continues to drag its feet during negotiations for a new…

Union Successfully Secures New Tentative Agreements and Contract Extension with CDT

Teamsters Local 727 and Cook DuPage Transportation, a subsidiary of National Express, continue to make progress on the negotiation of a successor collective bargaining agreement covering more than 750 Teamsters…

Local 727 Secures Tentative Agreement with CDT that Enhances and Streamlines the Grievance Procedure

Teamsters Local 727 and Cook DuPage Transportation, Inc., a subsidiary of National Express, met Monday, October 22nd and Tuesday, October 23rd to continue negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement. …

University of Chicago Shuttle Bus Drivers Ratify First Teamster CBA

Just a few short months after 100% of participants voted “YES” for Teamsters Local 727 representation, 47 University of Chicago shuttle bus drivers employed by First Transit have ratified their…

Union Succeeds in Securing Backpay for Member Wrongfully Removed from Service

Teamsters Local 727 recently settled a grievance and secured backpay for a paratransit driver employed by MV Transportation who was unjustly removed from service. In March 2018, the driver was…