Overview

• UNITE HERE Local 26 members began picketing at noon Friday during the Red Sox–Dodgers series after six months of stalled contract talks with Aramark.
• The union set a 48-hour ultimatum demanding higher wages, seniority-based scheduling, improved gratuities and guardrails on AI-powered self-service kiosks.
• Striking workers have called on fans to boycott in-park food and drink purchases for the duration of the weekend homestand.
• Aramark has activated contingency staffing plans to maintain concessions service while negotiations continue.
• This is the first labor strike in Fenway Park’s 113-year history and follows a successful hospitality workers’ action at other Aramark venues last year.