Teamsters Urge Illinois to Pay Legally Owed Wage Increases
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- Local 916 demands CMS to pay negotiated wage increases to over 500 IDOT workers.
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- The contract, retroactive to July 1, 2023, was ratified in March 2024.
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- Local 916 filed nine grievances, insisting IDOT honor wage commitments.
Local 916 Calls Out Employer for Violating Contract, Withholding Wages from 500 Workers
(SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) – Teamsters Local 916 is demanding that the Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS) pay wages negotiated in the collective bargaining agreement to Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) workers. As of July 1, 2024, over 500 IDOT Teamsters have not received their owed wages.
“IDOT Teamsters are essential public servants who deserve to be paid what they are contractually owed and treated with dignity,” said JP Fyans III, President of Local 916. “It’s abhorrent that CMS would allow hundreds of workers to go without the pay increases agreed upon in the contract. We demand that the State of Illinois honor their legally binding commitments and pay them now.”
“CMS promised us these wage increases and now they are refusing to pay us. We deserve better,” said Dawn Vock, an engineering technician at IDOT.
The contract was ratified in March 2024, after Local 916 spent more than 10 months in negotiations. The legally binding collective bargaining agreement is retroactive to July 1, 2023, and requires that IDOT pay workers the agreed upon salary increases.
To date, Local 916 has filed nine grievances on behalf of 500 IDOT Teamsters affected by the state’s illegal behavior to withhold wage increases. The fight continues until these workers get every penny they are owed.
Teamsters Local 916 represents more than 4,000 hard-working men and women throughout Illinois. For more information, visit teamsters916.org.
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