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Section 2

Union Employees

All employees are employed by the Chicago Zoological Society, a private nonprofit organization. Some of the
Society’s employees are represented by the Teamsters Union Local 727 under a collective bargaining agreement.

Our Union Partnership The Society has negotiated Union Contract Negotiations Recognizing the

an agreement covering specific occupational groups, includ- importance of the collective bargaining process to the
ing hourly paid animal keepers, groundskeepers, craftsmen, provision of labor at Brookfield Zoo, the Chicago Zoologi-
custodians, and hourly paid, full-time patrol officers. All cal Society has voluntarily maintained a practice of sched-
staff employed in one of these occupational groups receive uling contract negotiation sessions at convenient hours
a copy of the current union contract from a union steward. to encourage a broad representation of each occupational
If you need to conduct union business during work group in bargaining. The Society voluntarily compensates
hours, you must first obtain advance approval from and union-member employees for time spent in negotiations.
schedule the time with your management supervisor. Union employees who participate in contract negotiations
Prolonged discussions are to be held outside of normal receive their normal straight-time hourly rate for all hours
working hours. engaged in such activities up to a maximum of eight (or
10, if applicable) hours each day for time and days they
would otherwise be scheduled to work. Time spent in such
sessions is not included in calculating overtime or premium
pay of any kind. When scheduled meetings coincide with
normal work days, the employee will be excused from
regular duties for the duration of the negotiation session.

12 SECTION 2: Union Employees