trey  05/29/2006 - 23:19   

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743admin  12/13/2007 - 23:42   

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has certified the 743 New Leadership Slate as the winners of the October 22, 2007 Local 743 Officers election. Richard Berg and the new executive board will take office on January 1, 2008.

Judge Kennelly is expected to approve the DOL decision this Tuesday December 18.

743admin  12/10/2007 - 18:02    Sirlena Perry is a clerical worker and a trade unionist in Chicago. She has also been a supporter of the Teamsters 743 New Leadership Slate for many years. She gave a speech introducing members of the Slate when they were honored at this year’s People’s Thanksgiving in Chicago, an annual fundraiser for Fight Back! newspaper.

Perry stated, “30 years ago, I was a member of Local 743 at my first job at Aldens mail order company. I remember how proud I was to be part of that union. We had a good contract with decent wages. I remember especially Regina Polk. When Aldens went out of business, she made sure we received training, which is how I was able to get a job as a secretary at UIC.

“Local 743 also had a history of being involved in the civil rights movement. They were one of only two unions that sponsored Martin Luther King’s Freedom Summer in 1966.

steve  11/07/2007 - 02:10    The New Leadership Slate prepares to take office January 1st, 2008. After challenges and protests, a few more ballots were counted with the New Leadership Slate still victorious.

At the local union meeting on November 5th, the executive board increased typical monthly spending of our dues money by $150,000. It seems the old guard is spending as much of our money as possible before they leave office.
Our lawyers continue to work on this and we will prepare for a transition. We of course would prefer a peaceful transition as our goal is to serve the membership.

Whatever else happens, New Leadership will take office January 1st, and together we will start to turn this local around. It's time to make being a Teamster mean something again!

743admin  10/25/2007 - 16:55    The 743 New Leadership Slate would like to thank all of our supporters. This great victory is because of you. We will now rid our union of all corruption and put the union's resourses to work for the members of Teamsters Local 743.

For those that missed the election night party, we are having a victory party this Friday:

Time: 7:00 PM until 10:30 PM
Date: Friday October 26, 2007
Place: UNITE HERE
333 S. Ashland Chicago

743admin  10/24/2007 - 09:54   



Here is some of the news that's been coming in about this victory for the members and for the 743 New Leadership Slate.

Union aims to start with a clean slate: Reformers win Teamsters vote supervised by feds - Chicago Sun-Times

Richard Berg and New Leadership Slate Win Teamster 743 Local Election - Fight Back! Newspaper

Chicago Teamsters Clean House! - Teamsters for a Democratic Union

743admin  10/23/2007 - 11:52   



The official tally from the U.S. Department of Labor:

President

Richard Berg - 1112
Reginald D. Ford - 1058
Reginald E. McCracken - 144
Blank - 32
Void - 12

Vice President

Larry S. Davis - 1169
Jose L. Galvan - 1117
Blank - 66
Void - 6

Secretary-Treasurer

Eugenia Alvarez - 1168
Michael Corrigan - 1109
Blank - 75
Void - 6

Recording Secretary

Chantell Harlin - 1172
Ray Kujawa - 1098
Blank - 82
Void - 6

Trustees

Fernando Garcia - 1140
Byron Richardson - 1157
Joe Sexauer - 1132
Betty Richardson - 1147
Thor Hester - 1097
Homer Lambert - 1109
Blank - 277
Void - 15

Ballot Reconciliation

Valid Ballots Counted - 2358
Totally Void Ballots - 64
Unresolved Challenged Ballots - 59

Total Ballots Cast - 2481

743admin  10/19/2007 - 17:15    The U.S. Department of Labor will oversee the counting of ballots in the Local 743 Officers election. We will post the results here as soon as we have them.

743admin  10/11/2007 - 22:26   

743admin  09/30/2007 - 18:47   



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