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Brookfield Zoo Chicago Negotiations Begin with the Zoo Making Punitive, Insulting Proposals

Brookfield Zoo Chicago Negotiations Begin with the Zoo Making Punitive, Insulting Proposals

| February 23, 2026

Today marked the first day of contract negotiations between Teamsters Local 727 and Brookfield Zoo. The Union began prepared to discuss the dangerous understaffing and the Zoo’s continued insistence to […]

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Local 727 Executive Board Elected to New Term

Local 727 Executive Board Elected to New Term

| December 8, 2022

On Sunday, November 6, 2022, the Executive Board of Teamsters Local 727 was elected to a new three-year term by an enthusiastic gathering of the Local 727 membership. The Unity […]

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First Transit Representatives Walk Out of Negotiations on Third Day of Bargaining

First Transit Representatives Walk Out of Negotiations on Third Day of Bargaining

| December 7, 2022

Negotiations ended early today with Company representatives walking out of negotiations after the Union stood up for the Drivers and Dispatchers at First Transit Chicago. After presenting an insulting offer […]

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First Transit Chicago Presents Substandard Wage Proposal and Engages in Regressive Bargaining on Day Two of Negotiations

First Transit Chicago Presents Substandard Wage Proposal and Engages in Regressive Bargaining on Day Two of Negotiations

| December 7, 2022

Representatives of Local 727 and First Transit Chicago met today for the second day of bargaining over a successor collective bargaining agreement. Although Local 727’s bargaining committee had high hopes […]

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Keurig Dr Pepper Begins Negotiations With An Insulting and Tone-deaf Concessionary Proposal

Keurig Dr Pepper Begins Negotiations With An Insulting and Tone-deaf Concessionary Proposal

| January 13, 2022

Earlier this week, the Teamsters Local 727 bargaining committee met with Keurig Dr Pepper to begin negotiations for a successor agreement for the inside members. The Teamsters bargaining committee had […]

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