Philly Food Service Workers Threaten to Strike at Wells Fargo Center

Members of UNITE HERE Philly Local 274 – the union representing around 600 private sector hotel and food service workers at Philadelphia-area stadiums, airports and hotels – voted 92% in favor of authorizing a strike against Aramark’s operations at the Wells Fargo Center.þþService workers as well as Philadelphia politicians held a rally on Thursday at 1 p.m. at City Hall to call on Aramark – a food service and facilities services provider headquartered in Philadelphia -- to settle a contract that provides “family-sustaining wages and increased access to healthcare,” according to the union.þþ“A strike could now occur at any time,” a union spokesperson wrote.þþSenator Nikil Saval (D., Philadelphia) and Philly councilmembers Isaiah Thomas, Mark Squilla, Katherine Gilmore Richardson, Nic O’Rourke, Kendra Brooks, Rue Landau and Jeffrey Young all joined Local 274 President Rosslyn Wuchinich and Aramark workers from the Wells Fargo Center during the afternoon rally.þþThe rally occurred a few days before WrestleMania in Philadelphia. If a strike were to occur, it would only impact the Wells Fargo Center and not Lincoln Financial Field or Citizens Bank Park.þþWhile WrestleMania will take place at Lincoln Financial Field, WWE's upcoming Friday Night Smackdown, Hall of Fame ceremony and Monday Night Raw events are all set to take place at the Wells Fargo Center.