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CHICAGO, Ill. (PRWEB) September 06, 2022 -- In an historic and long-awaited decision, an arbitrator has ruled in favor of Teamsters Local 710 in its 2017
Breakthru drivers responded to the deal brought back by the Teamsters with contempt. 89 voted “No,” only 10 voted “Yes” and the workers immediately authorized a strike.
Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file photo Jewel-Osco and the union representing its warehouse workers and drivers negotiated Sunday to avert a strike that could disrupt deliveries to the area’s largest grocery chain. Teamsters Local 710 said that after 16 hours of bargaining Saturday, talks resumed at 9 a.m. Sunday. The union and the company provided no update during the day. The union represents 850 workers at Jewel’s Melrose Park distribution hub. Its contract expired Saturday night and members have authorized a strike. In a statement posted early Sunday on the union’s web site, Local 710 Secre...
CHICAGO -- The union representing Jewel-Osco warehouse workers and drivers reached an agreement on a new contract with the grocery chain Sunday night, minutes before a strike that could have disrupted deliveries across the Chicago area. The new five-year contract comes after lengthy negotiations that stretched late into the evening and will still have to be ratified by the 850 workers at Jewel's Melrose Park distribution center, Teamsters Local 710 said in a statement. The specifics of the contract have not been made public, and a vote is expected sometime within the next two weeks. "The soli...
The union representing Jewel-Osco’s 850 warehouse workers and drivers said it reached a tentative agreement with the grocery chain late Sunday night, averting a strike.