Food service workers at Wells Fargo Center, Lincoln Financial Field, and Citizens Bank Park held a picket on Monday.
Sam Spector walks the line with concessions workers from the Wells Fargo Center, Citizens Bank Park, and Lincoln Financial Field. They are employed by Aramark and represented by Unite Here Local 274, and they rallied on March 18 as they seek a single contract with better wages and health-care coverage.is a server at Wells Fargo Center, a field attendant at Lincoln Financial Field, and a bartender at Citizens Bank Park.
At Lincoln Financial Field, food service workers currently have no health-care plan, according to the union. The union’s contracts with Aramark expired on March 17 for Wells Fargo and Lincoln Financial workers, and will expire at the end of March for Citizens Bank Park workers. Bargaining started in December, and members want one contract for all three facilities.
“It’s very confusing for some of our members to even keep up with their paychecks,” said Carlton Epps. He works at all three venues and serves as a shop steward — a liaison between workers and their union — often fielding questions from newer colleagues trying to navigate the different employment agreements.
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