Wrigley Field concession workers authorize a strike

  • Concession workers at Wrigley Field are seeking a $20 minimum wage, expanded health care coverage and a pension.

    Concession workers at Wrigley Field are seeking a $20 minimum wage, expanded health care coverage and a pension. Associated Press file photo

 
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
 
 
Updated 9/22/2023 6:53 PM

Concession workers at Wrigley Field overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike that could occur "at any moment."

Around 700 employees at Wrigley Field are represented by Unite Here Local 1. The union and concessionaire Levy Restaurants haven't agreed to a contract since its last one expired Oct. 31, 2020, the union said.

 

Workers are seeking a $20 minimum wage, expanded health care coverage and a pension -- equal with what concession employees at the United Center agreed to with the same company after a one-day strike in March.

A spokesperson for Levy Restaurants, a subsidiary of Compass Group, said in a statement that they were "baffled" by Unite Here Local 1's decision."

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