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Brookfield Zoo staff vote to authorize strike beginning Friday
May 1, 2026 // 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, given Monday, April 27.