The union representing Fenway Park concession staff has filed a labor complaint against employer Aramark, claiming that the company retaliated against employees for participating in a July strike and other union activities.
In the complaint, filed with the National Labor Relations Board on Sept. 18, UNITE HERE Local 26 accused Aramark management at Fenway of cutting or changing hours, “interrogating” and video recording employees, instructing workers to take off hats with the union logo and adding additional staff to “dilute the tip pool.”
“It’s just another thing to add to the fight,” Natalie Greening, a beer seller and union member who has worked at Fenway for 20 years, said in an interview. “We’ve had two bargaining sessions so far and they (Aramark) haven’t come to the table with anything.”…