Brookfield Zoo workers authorize strike amid failed union contract negotiations

Brookfield Zoo workers authorize strike amid failed union contract negotiations

Negotiations resume Friday, but if no agreement is reached, the strike could start when the current contract expires at 11:59 p.m. Friday. Workers authorized a strike after rejecting the zoo’s “last, best and final offer” on Tuesday.

Brookfield Zoo staff vote to authorize strike beginning Friday - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

More than 200 employees at Brookfield Zoo Chicago who are members of the Teamsters Local 727 union voted Tuesday night to authorize a labor strike beginning Friday, May 1, when the existing collective bargaining agreement is set to end at 11:59 a.m. The vote occurred after members of the union — which represents workers in the zoo’s animal care, custodial, grounds and police departments — agreed to reject the zoo’s last, best and final offer, gi…

OVER 200 TEAMSTERS LOCAL 727 MEMBERS VOTE TO AUTHORIZE A STRIKE AT THE BROOKFIELD ZOO CHICAGO

(CHICAGO)— As the weather gets warmer, the flowers bloom, and the animals at the Chicago Zoological Society d/b/a Brookfield Zoo Chicago (CZS or the Brookfield Zoo) spend more time outdoors, […]