There could soon be a noticeable number of Boston Red Sox fans walking around Fenway Park with empty hands.
Fans are encouraged to purchase their preferred beverage or food item outside the gates of the historic ballpark as concession workers threaten to go on strike.
The Red Sox were idle on Thursday after wrapping up a road trip. The team returns home for a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. Last month, Aramark employees and members of UNITE HERE Local 26 voted in favor of a labor strike. There has never been a labor strike in Fenway Park’s 113-year history. However, last month, Aramark employees at Fenway Park and MGM Music Hall voted in favor of authorizing the first-ever strike. Aramark employees at Fenway Park and MGM Music Hall are represented by the UNITE HERE Local 26. Staff who are represented by the union include cooks, barbacks, souvenir vendors, utility workers, cashiers, and others who work at the ballpark and the nearby music hall.
“Aramark and the Union did not make significant progress towards an agreement during their latest bargaining session, which took place last week,” the union said.
“As a result …. Fenway workers are ready to go on strike for the first time in the 113-year-old history of America’s favorite ballpark.”
