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Teamsters, Brookfield Zoo Management Reach Tentative Agreement, Preserve Workers’ Health Care

| April 21, 2016

The Teamsters Local 727 Bargaining Committee and Chicago Zoological Society management on April 21 reached a tentative agreement on a five-year contract, which preserves health care benefits for nearly 300 workers at Brookfield Zoo.

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Union, Brookfield Zoo Management Agree to Meet Again April 21

| April 18, 2016

The Teamsters Local 727 Bargaining Committee and Chicago Zoological Society management have agreed to meet again Thursday, April 21, in an effort to reach an agreement on a new contract for Brookfield Zoo employees.

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Local 727 Pepsi Bargaining Committee Continues Preparations

Local 727 Pepsi Bargaining Committee Continues Preparations

| March 11, 2016

The Teamsters Local 727 Pepsi Bargaining Committee came together again March 9 as preparations for the upcoming contract negotiations with Pepsi management continue.

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10th Annual Spaghetti Dinner to Benefit Zoo Members’ Conservation Efforts

10th Annual Spaghetti Dinner to Benefit Zoo Members’ Conservation Efforts

| March 8, 2016

Teamsters Local 727’s Chicago Zoological Society members at Brookfield Zoo continue to do their part to protect grizzly bears and rehabilitate orphaned and injured wildlife through an annual spaghetti dinner fundraiser.

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Local 727 Files Labor Board Charges Against CZS Management

| February 1, 2016

Teamsters Local 727 filed unfair labor practice charges against Chicago Zoological Society management because the company has engaged in bad faith bargaining. Negotiations on a new contract for full-time and seasonal zookeepers, groundskeepers, patrol officers and other union workers at Brookfield Zoo have ground to a halt because management refuses to budge from its draconian attendance policy proposal. The policy is designed to penalize union members for using their contractual sick day benefits.

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