Your Local 727
Business Representative

Teamsters Local 727 Business Representative Melissa Senatore directly represents members working at CVS pharmacies across the Chicago area. Any CVS member who has an issue at work, including questions about the contract, potential grievances or private matters, do not hesitate to contact Melissa or the Local 727 union office immediately via phone or email.
Melissa Senatore
(847) 696-7500 phone
(847) 720-4984 fax
melissa@teamsterslocal727.org

Teamsters Local 727

John Coli, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer
1300 W. Higgins Road, Suite 111
Park Ridge, IL 60068
(847) 696-7500 phone
(847) 720-4984 fax
TeamstersLocal727.org

BARGAINING UPDATES

Local 727 Informs CVS Executives of
Negotiators’ Continuing Poor Behavior
​at the Bargaining Table

02.21.20 - ​In light of CVS’s recent press release, in which the Company stated that it “values the feedback of our pharmacists,” Teamsters Local 727 Secretary-Treasurer John Coli, Jr., once again wrote to CVS executives to relay pharmacists concerns and update the Company’s leadership on CVS negotiators’ continuing poor behavior at the bargaining table.

CVS Pharmacists’ Petition for Fair Wages

02.10.20 - ​CVS Pharmacists: Join with your fellow Local 727 pharmacists and sign the Union’s Petition for Fair Wages to make your concerns heard!

CVS Claims Years of Overworking and Undervaluing Pharmacists is Justifiable Because ‘There Hasn’t Been a Mass Exodus’ of Workers

02.05.20 - ​Teamsters Local 727 and representatives of retail pharmacy giant CVS (NYSE: CVS) returned to the bargaining table on Thursday, January 30, marking the first time in over a year that the parties met to continue negotiating a successor collective bargaining agreement for CVS pharmacists.  The meeting was scheduled as a result of the Union’s recent win at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Office of Appeals regarding numerous unfair labor practice charges filed by Local 727 over CVS’s bad faith negotiating tactics.

CVS Finally Agrees to Meet with Union
on January 30 as a Result of
​Local 727’s Recent NLRB Victory

01.21.20 - ​Teamsters Local 727 and CVS will meet for their next bargaining session on Thursday, January 30 to continue negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement covering CVS pharmacists.  This bargaining session will be the first between the parties in over a year and is only occurring as a result of Local 727’s unwavering pursuit of justice and the Union’s recent win at the National Labor Relation Board’s Office of Appeals.

LATEST NEWS

Union Files Grievance and ULP Over
​CVS’s Meal Break Violations

02.25.20 - ​Earlier this month, Teamsters Local 727 filed a grievance against CVS after being informed that the Company’s district leaders had presented pharmacists with, what members understood to be, mandated meal break times, each of which were scheduled within the first five hours of a pharmacists’ shift.  These new mandated break times eliminated pharmacists’ power to determine the best time for a meal break based on their individual pharmacy’s needs.  

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Reforms to IL Pharmacy Practice Act, IL Pharmaceutical Task Force Continues, Holds First Meeting of 2020

02.24.20 - ​This past December, Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker signed an amended Pharmacy Practice Act (PPA) into law.  Among the changes made to the PPA were many initiatives Teamsters Local 727 fought hard to secure, which the Union hopes will improve workplace standards and protections for Local 727-represented pharmacists.  ​In order to ensure both CVS and Osco pharmacists are aware of these reforms, Local 727 has compiled a summary highlighting some of the most important changes made to the PPA.  

Pharmacists Do NOT Have to Attend Meetings in Bensenville without Union Representation

02.19.20 - ​Teamsters Local 727 recently learned that CVS has begun scheduling meetings with pharmacists at the Company’s Bensenville facility without a Union representative present.  Immediately upon being informed, the Union notified management that such meetings may constitute direct dealing and, as such, would be a violation of the unfair labor practice settlement agreement signed by CVS last month.

New York Times Article Highlights Retail Pharmacists’ Struggles, Pressing Need for Effective & Enforceable State Standards

02.03.20 - ​A recent New York Times report shines a light on the dangers of overworking pharmacists.

As a Result of Union’s NLRB Victory, CVS Has Begun Notifying Pharmacists of Rescinded Discipline or Negative Performance Reviews Related to Two-Step Verification System

01.28.20 - ​Teamsters Local 727 is proud to report that CVS management has begun rescinding any discipline or negative performance reviews stemming from the two-step verification system.  This overturning of previously issued discipline and negative reviews is a direct result of the Union’s persistence at the National Labor Relations Board, which resulted in the Region’s merit finding on the unilateral change unfair labor practice charge filed by Local 727. 

Remember Your Weingarten Rights!

If you are called into a meeting and have reason to believe that disciplinary action may be imposed, you have the right to have your union representative present during the meeting. 

Read this statement to management: “If this discussion could in any way lead to my being disciplined or terminated, or affect my personal working conditions, I request my union representative be present at the meeting. Without representation, I choose not to answer any questions. This is my right under the U.S. Supreme Court decision called Weingarten.”

Stay Informed!

​Throughout negotiations, Local 727 will provide pharmacists with timely bargaining updates via email blasts and CVSTeamsters.com. To receive updates in your email inbox, click HERE.