OUR TEAM

Juan Campos has been a Local 705 member since 1989 when he started as an unloader at UPS in Northbrook.   He went on to work as an Air Driver and then Package Car Driver.   Juan became a steward in 1999 to fight for his fellow co-workers against UPS abuse.  Juan ran for Recording Secretary in 2003 against the incumbent leadership of Local 705 to bring change and militancy to the Local.  He served as UPS Coordinator and Business Agent.  He oversaw the Local 705/UPS Panel and was Chair of the past four Local 705 UPS contracts that have delivered huge gains in wages, working conditions, and pension increases.   

In 2011 he was appointed Secretary Treasurer and was elected to the position in 2012, becoming the first Mexican-American Principal Officer in Local 705 history.  He has been re-elected as Principal Officer 3 times.  Juan is trustee of the Local 705 Health & Welfare and pension funds.

As Principal Officer of Local 705 he has negotiated industry leading contracts throughout the Local. A strong advocate for organizing the unorganized, under his leadership over 3,000 new members have been organized into Local 705.   

Ken Emanuelson joined Teamsters Local 705 in 1984 as a Part Time UPS worker.  He later became a package car driver in the Addison building.   He worked as a package car driver for 14 years in the Aurora Center, serving as Steward in the Addison building for 7 of those years.  Ken was appointed Business Agent in 2004 and was later appointed and then elected as a Local 705 Trustee.   He was appointed and then elected as Recording Secretary in 2012.   In 2018, he was elected President of Local 705, and was re-elected in 2021.   Ken also serves as a Trustee of the Local 705 Health & Welfare and Pension Funds.  

A graduate of DePaul University’s Labor Leadership Program, he has attended over 500 hours of class training including arbitration, brief writing, contract negotiations, and train the trainer courses.   He has trained numerous Agents and Stewards on panel and arbitration presentations.

Ken is a fierce and effective advocate for 705 members at panel. He serves as Local 705 UPS Coordinator and oversees all UPS Panel cases.  He has presented over 60 contract language cases at arbitration and over 200 termination cases at Panel.  Ken has been Co-Chair of the past 4 Local 705 contracts and was a member of the most recent National and Central Region UPS Contract Committees.

In 2022, he was appointed a Central Region Representative for the IBT Package Division. 

Kim Obney is a proud 46 year member of Local 705.  She became a Teamster at UPS, working as a part time Loader, later becoming a Sorter, Address Correction Clerk and a High Value Associate.  Kim became a Union Steward in 1996.  

In 2007 she was appointed as a Business Agent, and later was elected as Trustee.  Kim has been a Business Agent for UPS members at CACH, Northbrook, Palatine and Skokie.  Kim presents and sits on the Local 705/UPS Panel, fighting for members in discipline and contract language cases.

A graduate from DePaul University’s Labor Leadership Program, she has also attended trainings at The University of Wisconsin, Madison, The National Labor College, The Teamster Leadership Academy and Advanced Arbitration at Cornell University.

Kim was on the 1997 705/UPS Negotiating Committee as a  union steward representing part time members.  As a Business Agent, she sat on the 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2023 705/UPS Negotiating Committees. 

Rick Rohe became a member of Local 705 as a City Driver for Yellow.   He served as a steward at Yellow and was later appointed Business Agent, elected as a Business Agent, and appointed as Trustee.   

Rick has represented members at many companies including Freight, Cartage, Tankers, Sanitary District, Lumberyards, Pipe Supply, among others.

He has served on multiple industry Grievance Panels such as T.M.I., C.S.M.C.A., Construction, and Freight.  Rick is Union Chair for the MCLAC Central Region and on the National Bargaining Committee for AEI/DHL Global Forwarding.  He has managed multiple strike lines and organizing drives, including organizing and winning a strike for a first contract for 150 clerical workers at DHL.

Rick had the experience and passion to serve members at all of our Local’s members, not just one.  

Mike Jordan started his Teamster career in 1986 as a City Driver for Roadway, where he served as a union steward.   He later drove in the Tanker industry for Nexeo Solutions, where he served as union steward and Assistant Business Agent.   Mike Graduated from DePaul University’s Labor Leadership Program, and attended classes at the University of Wisconsin.  In this time, he also worked as a Volunteer Organizer.  

In 2017 he was appointed Business Agent, and in 2018 was elected to the position.  Mike has represented workers in many companies and industries, including T Force, DHL, US Foods, Tankers, KeHe, among others.    

Mike served on the 2018 UPS Freight and 2023 T Force National Negotiations Committee.  In 2022 he was appointed as IBT International Representative for the Freight Division.   

In the last year, Mike coordinated 2 major strikes in Local 705 - DHL Express and US Foods.  These strikes were recognized nationally in the Teamsters.   

Local 705 represents workers at many companies and industries, not just one.  We need Business Agents like Mike and the Moving Forward team to advocate for ALL our members. 

Mike DeVega is a 27-year Teamster. During that time, he worked at UPS as a Part-timer, a Package Car Driver and a Feeder Driver. Mike is a graduate of DePaul University’s Labor Leadership program and has also completed the University of Wisconsin’s Arbitration course amongst many other labor training. He has served as a Union Steward and an Assistant Business Agent for Local 705. Currently, Mike serves as a Business Agent for Local 705 at UPS and CSI.  He has served on the last 3 705/UPS Negotiation Committees.   

Mike served as Co-Chair of the 2023 Local 705/CSI Negotiations.  That contract delivered historic wages and pension increases.  He also served on the National CSI Negotiations Committee. 

Mike is the Central Region Area Coordinator for CSI with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.