Food service workers strike at the Wells Fargo Center NBC10 Philadelphia [Video]

Cooks, servers bartenders, concession workers, dishwashers, warehouse workers and more of the behind the scenes employees who help present sporting events regularly in South Philadelphia, are hitting the picket lines on Tuesday.

Employees of Aramark, who are members of the UNITE HERE Philly Local 274 union — which claims to represent more than 4,000 hotel and food service workers — have announced plans to strike in search of, what they called, “family-sustaining wage increases and healthcare coverage.”

“Our employer Aramark reported $18 billion in revenue in 2023, but many of us can’t afford health insurance,” a statement on a website for the union reads. “We’re standing up for health care and family-sustaining wages that adjust for inflation.”

This week, in a statement ahead on Tuesday’s strike, officials with Local 274 said they are calling on Aramark — the Philadelphia-based corporation that provides food and beverage services to the Wells Fargo …