Overview

• Farm Aid says artists, production staff, and stage crews will not cross Teamsters picket lines, placing the Minneapolis concert at risk.
• Stage construction scheduled to begin Friday will not proceed if the strike continues, according to the nonprofit.
• Teamsters Local 320, representing about 1,400 custodial, maintenance, food-service and sanitation workers, is on strike after rejecting the university’s offer and is seeking roughly a 3.5% wage increase and contract terms it favors.
• The university says whether the concert proceeds is up to organizers and states it is open to returning to negotiations, with no new talks announced as of Friday.
• The Sept. 20 Huntington Bank Stadium lineup features Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and Margo Price, as Farm Aid urges the university to return to the table.