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14-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Fenway concession workers could walk off the job for the first time. Here's why
By Isabel Hart Workers at Fenway Park and MGM Music Hall represented by the Unite Here Local 26 union are planning a strike vote in June to advocate for higher wages. The hospitality workers union, which represents over 1,000 Aramark workers at the two venues, will host a strike authorization vote from June 13th to 15th, it said. Workers in the union include beer sellers, cashiers, cooks, servers, souvenir vendors and others, according to the union. The union is negotiating a new contract with Aramark, after the previous contract expired at the end of 2024. The union said it began bargaining with Aramark, the food service and facilities management company that employs the workers, earlier this year. 'Both parties are far apart on reaching agreement,' the union said. Aramark did not immediately reply to a request for comment. Unite Here Local 26 is the same union that represented hundreds of hotel workers who went on strike last year. Should the workers vote to authorize a strike and proceed with one, it will be the first time concession workers at Fenway Park strike, according to the union. A strike authorization vote is a standard union process required before a strike can be called. Strike authorizations do not necessarily mean a strike will take place. A tentative date has not been given. The union said the workers earn less than $20 dollars an hour, and want more competitive wages that better line up with the cost of living in Boston. The union also said that increased automation at certain concessions, including the beer stands, is taking away jobs and decreasing earnings. 'Red Sox fans come to Fenway not just to enjoy the games and watch the athletes. They return year after year and they look for the server who gave them great service and made their experience at the ballpark a memorable one. It's a personal connection,' Carlos Aramayo, president of UNITE HERE Local 26 said in a statement. 'These workers should be paid well, in line with the citywide standard, and they should not have to worry about losing their jobs to technology.' Fall River woman sentenced to prison for stealing child's Social Security benefits Whip City Fiber schedules information for residents on Wednesday to learn about town-owned gigabit internet service Harvard amends lawsuit against Trump admin following $450 million cut Longtime restaurant in Boston suburb permanently closing this month 77-year-old woman seriously hurt in crash at Cape Cod grocery store parking lot Read the original article on MassLive.
Business Journals
05-05-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
Five things: MIT's big bond, Seaport's Summer Market, and the busiest subway stations
Good morning, Boston. Here are the five things you need to know in local business news to start your busy Monday. 1. Is Boston ready for housing with no parking? Board says no. A proposed 70-unit development in South Boston without dedicated parking spaces for residents could have been a model for transit-oriented housing in the city, but Grant Welker reports that the city of Boston had other ideas. GET TO KNOW YOUR CITY Find Local Events Near You Connect with a community of local professionals. Explore All Events 2. MIT borrows $750M as it faces potential research funding cuts MIT issued a $750 million bond on Friday that it said was for 'general corporate purposes,' echoing a similar step a month ago taken by Harvard University to help with costs when federal grants and contracts are at risk. 3. Seaport Summer Market to return Isabel Hart reports that the Seaport Summer Market makes its return on May 10, plus Seaport x Black Owned Bos. Market returns for its sixth year — and more retail news. Do you like Five Things? Make sure to subscribe — free — to our Morning Edition emails so you have it in your inbox each day. 4. Editorial: Time to step on the gas, ramp up T funding The Business Journal's latest editorial calls on lawmakers to maintain support — and even increase it — for the T, which has seen success under the leadership of Phillip Eng. 5. Pay raises for 2025 are falling Pay raises are so far this year slightly lower than originally projected by employers, the latest evidence of a slowing job market and a turbulent economy. What else you need to know By the numbers $445.5 million — venture capital funding raised by local startups last month, as reported by BostInno raised by local startups 220 — speed restrictions in effect on the MBTA's subway over the previous two decades, all of which have been removed all of which have been removed 33 years — tenure that Stephen Costello spent as president and CEO of the Bank of Canton; a successor has been chosen to replace him Weekend box office The Marvel movie "Thunderbolts" led the box office this weekend with $76 million in its domestic debut. Where's the money? Small-business grants you can apply for in May — and where to find them. New England Business Report Did you hear Don Seiffert on the New England Business Report with Joe Shortsleeve and Kim Carrigan on WRKO yesterday? If you missed it, you can listen here. Today in history On this day in 1643, John Winthrop Jr. paid for the passage of skilled ironworkers from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where they began the first successful iron works in the American colonies in Saugus in the following years. (Read more at What's good on WERS-FM Shaking the Tree, by Peter Gabriel What I'm reading Make Russia Great Again, by Christopher Buckley What I'm watching American Idol, on ABC/Hulu You think your T station busy? The Business Journal for the second year has analyzed transit data from the MBTA in order to rank ridership trends across the city and determine the subway system's busiest train station. Last year's data showed that more passengers passed through the Red Line gates at South Station than any of the 71 gated stations where passengers have to swipe a transit card or use tap-to-pay on their phone. This past year, the MBTA's busiest station is where the Green and Orange lines meet: North Station. The ranking by Jess Aloe and Sean McFadden can be seen here, while Grant Welker's reporting shows that the development on and around Causeway Street helped boost transit swipes at the North Station in 2024. Despite the growth in ridership at North Station, the number of riders entering nearly every T station in the MBTA network decreased compared with pre-pandemic 2019. In fact, 2024 passenger counts remain down 46% from 2019 — meaning nearly 67 million fewer passenger entries at all stations last year compared to five years ago. For more charts, graphs and interesting facts about your favorite T station — as well as six projects coming down the track at the MBTA, check out the cover story in the latest Weekly Edition. PARTING SHOT Yesterday was Star Wars Day — May the Fourth (be with you). Below, Carl Sagan takes the fun out of "Star Wars: A New Hope," speaking with Johnny Carson in 1978 about the reality of physics in science fiction. But Sagan's not wrong about the anti-Wookiee discrimination. Subscribe to the Morning Edition or Afternoon Edition for the business news you need to know, all free. Busiest MBTA Train Stations Estimated gated entries for calendar-year 2024 Rank Prior Rank Station 1 4 North Station 2 1 South Station 3 2 Downtown Crossing View this list
