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Brookfield Zoo’s Proposal to Subcontract Work Fails to Address Hiring Freeze and Serious Concerns Over Staffing and Safety

Brookfield Zoo’s Proposal to Subcontract Work Fails to Address Hiring Freeze and Serious Concerns Over Staffing and Safety

| January 27, 2026

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Brookfield Zoo’s recent actions continue to reveal a troubling pattern of lies, mismanagement, hypocrisy, and utter disregard for its workforce. On Monday, January 26, 2025, Teamsters Local 727 and the Zoo met over the Zoo’s proposal to violate the contract by outsourcing landscaping work historically performed by bargaining unit employees to subcontractors.

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