CHICAGO -- Concessions workers at the United Center could walk off the job again this week as the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament gets underway Wednesday.
Talks between the workers’ employer, Chicago-based food service provider Levy, and their union, Unite Here Local 1, failed to produce an agreement Tuesday, Unite Here said in a statement. Both sides said bargaining would resume on Saturday, though a strike could be called at any time.
Concessions workers struck for one day on Sunday after 98% of about 650 employees voted to authorize such a move in January. The one-day strike impacted food service during a Chicago Bulls home game; Levy said there was a limited menu in concessions and no service at Queenie’s, the Stadium Club and the Ketel One Club.
