BY Staff | Chicago, IL | 5/09/10
Jimmy Hoffa, Jr., at a meeting in Las Vegas, has joined with the corrupt Teamsters officials in Chicago to remove President Richard Berg and Secretary Treasurer Gina Alvarez from office in Local 743.
BY Stephanie Weiner | Chicago, Il | 11/04/09
“We won!” Text messages with those words went out the night of Nov. 3 from the SK Hand Tool strikers to family members and supporters. Reports went right to the fact that the SK Hand Tool workers will have health insurance.
BY Staff | Chicago, IL | 9/22/09
Norma Trinidad and 20 of her co-workers stood in front of the Sears store on Dearborn Street in Chicago’s Loop, Sept. 18, handing fliers to people as they walked past.
BY Staff | Chicago, IL | 9/08/09
In the final days of August, members of Teamsters Local 743 accepted a new contract at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
BY Staff | Chicago, IL | 9/08/09
Richard Lopez, once the overpaid $160,000-a-year president of Teamster Local 743, was sentenced to two years of prison on Aug. 27.
BY Stephanie Weiner | Chicago, IL | 9/05/09
As the strike at SK Hand Tool moves into its second week, it is clear it is picking up momentum.
BY Staff | Chicago, IL | 9/01/09
The strike by members of Teamster local 743 for health care at SK Hand Tool has attracted national attention.
BY Staff | University of Chicago | 2/12/09
Sherri Taylor-Kennedy was insulted and angry at her employer. "When I got here I was informed that my position had been eliminated. I had 30 minutes to gather my belongings and be escorted off the premises."
BY Staff | Chicago, IL | 2/08/09
On Jan. 22, another federal indictment was brought against Robert Walston, the former Teamster president who in 2001 and 2004 stole elections in Local 743. This time he is charged with trafficking in cocaine.
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