Local 700 Holds Member Meeting As New Year Approaches

Newly Elected Executive Board Introduced

More than 125 eager Teamsters Local 700 members packed the auditorium at Teamster City in Chicago for a membership meeting on November 8, 2011.

“This was an outstanding turnout for our first of many regular monthly membership meetings,” said William P. Logan, Local 700 Assistant Trustee. “Not only were members willing to take a few hours out of their evening to join us, they were also engaged and interested in the union business.”

Logan gave updates on several issues including the City of Chicago and Cook County budgets, City of Chicago recycling program, Illinois Tollway contract, Forest Preserve contract, Cook County Clerks’ retroactive payments and Department of Corrections retroactive paychecks.

“I enjoyed walking our members through the finances of this still very new local,” said Becky Strzechowski, Local 700 Assistant Trustee. “We are proud of the fact that in just over a year, we have greatly reduced the number of liabilities inherited by Locals 714 and 726.”

Teamsters Joint Council 25 Political Director Mike Ciaccio spoke briefly on the efforts of Chicago Teamsters to promote fair legislation and discourage anti-union bills and laws. Several business agents gave reports on the City of Chicago, Cook County and different municipalities.

Logan also introduced the newly elected executive board, who will be seated January 1, 2012:

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

The next all-member meeting will take place at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at the meeting hall at 1300 W. Higgins Road in Park Ridge.

Teamsters Local 700 is an affiliate of Teamsters Joint Council 25, which represents more than 100,000 hardworking men and women throughout Illinois and Indiana.

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