Stand Up for IDOT District 8 Communication Center Workers
Teamsters 916 Members
WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER, WE WIN TOGETHER.
For years, IDOT District 8 Management has refused to recognize the critical role played by the employees who keep Illinois motorists safe.
Communication Center employees are the lifeline of IDOT operations coordinating emergency responses, monitoring roadway conditions, dispatching resources, and protecting the traveling public 24 hours a day.
Yet despite their essential work, District 8 continues to deny its remaining five communication center employees' full-time status, fair wages, and full-time benefits.
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THE FACTS
✅ Communication Centers are vital to IDOT and the motoring public.
✅ The largest operations are:
District 1 (Schaumburg)
Central Bureau (Station 1- Springfield)
District 8 (Collinsville)
✅ District 1 and Central Bureau are ALL FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES
✅ Every other IDOT district provides at least one full-time Communication Center employee because management recognizes these positions are essential.
❌ District 8 Management refuses to do the same.
❌ Five dedicated employees continue to receive lower wages, reduced benefits, and higher out-of-pocket costs simply because management refuses to act.
At a time when IDOT is facing severe staffing shortages, it is unacceptable that District 8 Management continues to suppress these jobs instead of strengthening them.
OUR DEMAND
We demand that IDOT District 8 Management:
Make the remaining Communication Center employees full-time immediately.
Provide the wages and benefits these essential workers have earned.
End the unequal treatment of District 8 Teamsters.
Invest in recruitment and retention by creating good, full-time Teamster jobs.
JOIN THE MARCH
We will march together to deliver this petition signed by Members directly to District 8 Management.
This is our opportunity to show that Teamsters across Illinois stand united behind these workers.
Enough excuses.
Enough unequal treatment.
Enough suppressing essential jobs. Fair Jobs. Fair Wages. Fair Benefits.
TEAMSTERS LOCAL 916
When management refuses to listen to one worker... they'll hear all of us.