Workers at Philadelphia sports stadium hit picket lines for one-day strike

Hundreds of food service workers at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia are staging a one-day strike as contract negotiations continue with the firm that operates concessions at the stadium. Roughly 400 cooks, servers, bartenders, concession staffers and other members of Unite Here union local 274 started picketing early Tuesday in the arena’s parking lot, several hours before the Philadelphia 76ers were due to play the Detroit Pistons in an NBA game. The workers were urging fans to not buy food, drinks or concessions from Aramark and eat elsewhere instead. Aramark says it “remains committed to bargaining in good faith to reach a settlement that works for all parties.” The firm says it has contingency plans in place to ensure its services were not interrupted.