Nov. 29, 2010

Suspension Rescinded, Back Pay Awarded to Member
Teamster Reps 'Take Care of Business' for Streets and Sanitation Worker

Teamsters Local 700 representatives reached an agreement with the City of Chicago to rescind the suspension of Streets and Sanitation worker Marion Ford and award him full back pay.

Ford was unjustly suspended for 29 days in February and March 2009, and he immediately filed an appeal with the Human Resources Board of the City of Chicago. Local 700 attorneys and representatives spent months working to resolve the matter. The initial hearing was March 18, 2010, and the agreement was signed on Nov. 23. Ford will receive his full back pay in the coming months.

"This union has been great. They really took care of business," said Ford, who has worked for the Department of Streets and Sanitation since 1999. "It's great to finally have this resolved."

"When one of our members is treated unjustly, we will continue to fight for him or her until that wrong is righted," said William P. Logan, Local 700 Assistant Trustee.

William P. Logan, President
Becky Strzechowski, Secretary-Treasurer
Vincent F. Tenuto Jr., Vice President
Michael G. Melone, Recording Secretary
Billie J. Ammons, Trustee
Hector Hernandez, Trustee
Gerald N. Sims Jr., Trustee

1300 W. Higgins Rd. Suite 301
Park Ridge, IL 60068
Phone (847) 939-9700
Fax (847) 518-6495

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Monday, May 28
Memorial Day
(union office closed)

Wednesday, July 4
Independence Day
(union office closed)

Saturday, August 4
3rd Annual Local 700 Picnic
Miller Meadow Forest Preserve
Roosevelt Road & 1st Ave.
Maywood, IL

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