Dodger Stadium workers authorize strike ahead of MLB All-Star Game

[Auggie]

New York (CNN New York) About 1,500 food and other concession workers could go on strike at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles during the upcoming All-Star Game festivities.

The threat of the strike was announced by Unite Here Local 11, which represents the hourly workers at the stadium. The union said 99% of its members voted Sunday to authorize a strike. They are employees of Levy Restaurants, which is a subsidiary of the food services giant Compass Group (CMPGF).

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"I voted yes to strike because I often have to pick up shifts at the Rose Bowl just to try to make ends meet," Laura Ortiz, a bartender for the last 15 seasons at Dodger Stadium, said in a statement released by the union. "I love working at Dodger Stadium and know that our company can do better."

The Dodgers are not home between now and the All-Star Game, which is set to be played July 19, the first time it will be held at Dodger Stadium since 1980. Ahead of the game there are several other related events planned for the stadium starting this coming weekend, including a "Futures Game" involving top minor league players along with a home run hitting contest.

MORE: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/11/business/dodger-stadium-all-star-game-strike/index.html

If you think stadium beer is over-priced now ... just wait.

[MichMan]

1. Are the players going to support the strike and refuse to play?

[PoliticAverse]

4. WIll there be a picket line to (not) cross? n/t

[Moostache]

2. Any bets on how many players honor the picket lines?

The Baseball Players Association has produced salaries and contracts into the multi-hundreds of millions of dollars for players. Does anyone believe that union will stand arm in arm with the hourly wage workers' union to protest for better treatment?

I am disgusted by everything baseball has become...since 1994 on it has been a craven, disgusting money grab and lost its connection to the common man and local neighborhoods. My father tells stories of getting to know the players of the 1950's White Sox teams because they worked off-season jobs in the neighborhood and talked among the fans regularly. When I was a college freshman, the MLB minimum salary was $32,000.00 - which was about 10% more than I earned my first year out of college. Today? The minimum MLB salary is $700,000.00. Ask any recent college graduate how much greater THAT is than their first year salary...

I would love to see the MLB player union acknowledge this, but there's no chance I'm gonna hold my breath waiting...

[underpants]

3. Touchdown Lakers!!!

Good for them.

[roscoeroscoe]

5. This is so dumb

Sure to backfire. Way to win good will there! /s

[MOMFUDSKI]

6. Right now

labor has the most power they have had since the thirties. GO FOR IT while you can!