Back Pay, Full Benefits Recovered Through Arbitration Victory

In a recent arbitration, reinstatement and back pay were secured for a Teamster who was wrongfully terminated from Bay Valley Foods in Dixon, Ill.

The Teamster is returning to work with more than $79,000 in owed wages and full benefits thanks to the efforts of Teamsters Local 722 President and Principal Officer Steve Mongan.

In the award, the arbitrator concluded that “no just cause for any discipline was proven.”

“It was justified in getting an improper termination rescinded and making this worker whole. It was so wrong what Bay Valley Foods did and how they did it, she wasn’t deserving of anything like this,” Mongan said. “I’m glad that the arbitrator saw through the smokescreen and ordered her back to work with all rights restored.”

Local 722, which is located in La Salle, Illinois, won all nine of the grievances it took to arbitration in 2016, Mongan reported. This was the third and final arbitration at Bay Valley Foods for the year.

Teamsters Local 722 is an affiliate of Teamsters Joint Council 25, America’s premier labor union for Chicago, Illinois and northwest Indiana.