The Teamsters are known for keeping it in the family and Local 727 is no different. A month to the day after his license to practice law in Illinois came through, Joseph Coli Jr. opened his own law firm and was handed $1 million in business by his brother and his father, who run the Chicago Teamster local. 
After six weeks of a workforce on strike, Sun Tran routes in Tucson will be back to normal. The strike began when Teamsters rejected Sun Tran’s original offer which would have cost the company $2.7 million. The final contract will cost the company $4.36 million. It’s important to note that 47% of the striking workforce already made top pay for the region. The union had better hope that this same tactic works with Republic Airways. Earlier this month they turned down the company’s proposal before members could vote on it. Meanwhile, Republic Airways inches closer and closer to bankruptcy.
