Posts tagged Lincoln Financial Field
Workers are on strike at Philadelphia’s major sports venues
September 30, 2024 //
Hundreds of Aramark workers strike outside South Philadelphia Sports Complex
September 25, 2024 // UNITE HERE Philly Local 274, the union that represents the city’s food service workers, announced Sunday night that cooks, servers, bartenders, dishwashers, concession workers, cleaners and retail workers employed by Aramark would take part in the strike outside Citizens Bank Park, the Wells Fargo Center and Lincoln Financial Field on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. Aramark, which is headquartered in Philadelphia, provides food and beverage services at all three stadiums. More than a thousand workers took to the picket lines early Monday morning and continued throughout the day.
Aramark workers at Wells Fargo Center announce strike for 1st home game of Sixers-Knicks playoff series
April 22, 2024 // On Thursday, the Philadelphia City Council passed a resolution to support food service employees in their contract negotiations. The document "urges Aramark to negotiate fair and equitable contracts that provide these workers with a standard minimum wage and healthcare coverage." At Thursday's City Council meeting, union members announced another strike for Thursday, April 25 -- Game 3 of the Sixers-Knicks playoff series and the first time the Sixers will be at home in the first round of the NBA Playoffs.