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BIZARRE: Fenway park concession workers on strike for first time in 113 years - You Need To See This

About 1,000 workers who staff concession stands at Fenway Park, the iconic home of the Boston Red Sox, and the MGM Music Hall next door are striking after negotiations between their union and food service company Aramark failed.
About 1,000 workers who staff concession stands at Fenway Park, the iconic home of the Boston Red Sox, and the MGM Music Hall next door are striking after negotiations between their union and food service company Aramark failed. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Hundreds of Aramark workers at Fenway Park are on strike and planning to stay out for all of a homestand between the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers starting Friday night.

Concession workers had set a deadline of noon Friday for Aramark and Fenway Park to reach an agreement with the Local 26 chapter of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island hotel, casino, airport and food services workers union. The walkout, which union leaders say is the first in Fenway Park’s 113-year history, follows more than a year of contract negotiations and months of escalating frustration over pay, job security and automation.

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