An unprecedented four-day strike by concession workers at Philadelphia’s football, basketball and baseball stadiums ended on Sept. 27 with news that fresh proposals from their employer Aramark were forthcoming. The union sent this statement to its supporters: “We made history! For the first time

In a show of solidarity, the Save Chinatown Coalition sent an email to its members asking them to “Stand with Aramark workers who are taking on corporate greed to make our city a better place” and to join the picket lines.

“Before we even talk about building a new arena, we need to make sure that stadium food service jobs are good jobs,” said Tiffani Davis, an Aramark concessions worker at Citizens Bank Park, Wells Fargo Center and Lincoln Financial Field. “Year-round work should come with year-round benefits like health care and family sustaining wages.” (WHYY.org, Sept. 23)