About 650 concessions, food and beverage workers at the United Center will vote Tuesday on whether to strike amid union contract negotiations with Chicago-based Levy Restaurants.
United Center concessions worker Jamie O'Neill poses for a portrait outside the United Center on Jan. 29, 2023 in Chicago.
O’Neill is one of about 650 concessions, food and beverage workers at the United Center who will vote Tuesday on whether to strike amid union contract negotiations with Levy.The employees work in positions including food preparation and concessions, bartending and dishwashing during Bulls and Blackhawks games and other United Center events, such as Disney On Ice.
Dan Abraham, organizing director for Unite Here Local 1, described access to health insurance as a convoluted system in which a set of about 150 employees who work the most hours each year are given health insurance for a period of months depending on the number of hours they’ve worked. Employees say meeting the minimum number of required hours can be difficult.
On the subject of wages, Levy said “the union and Levy mutually agreed to extend the current agreement, which includes wages, during the pandemic. Bargaining has since resumed and we are optimistic that we will reach a fair agreement.”If a majority of workers vote to strike, a work stoppage could begin any time after the vote, Abraham said.
Claudia Trujillo has worked at the United Center for 22 years and makes $15.40 an hour — Chicago’s minimum wage — preparing salads for people who watch games from the United Center’s suites.
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