BREAKING: Unionized Dodger Stadium concession workers have agreed not to strike for the upcoming MLB All-Star Game and related events, the union announced Friday.
Stadium concession workers have agreed not to strike for the upcoming MLB All-Star Game and related events, the union announced Friday.
Unite Here represents some 1,500 servers, bartenders, suite attendants, cooks and dishwashers at Dodger Stadium. The workers are employed by Chicago-based Levy Restaurants. "These workers are seeking to negotiate a fair new union contract," according to the union's Monday statement, which did not provide specific demands.
"They often live with economic uncertainty because the quality of jobs vary stadium to stadium. No worker should have to continue living like this."All-Star festivities at Dodger Stadium begin Saturday with MLB's Futures Game, a celebrity softball game and a concert by Becky G.The Major League Baseball Players Association issued a statement of support Monday for the concessions workers.
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