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As Eagles season kicks off, Aramark workers at Lincoln Financial Field vote to authorize a strike

The Linc, Citizens Bank Park and Wells Fargo Center are now all on strike watch.

Unite Here organizer Ryan Nissim-Sabat (second from right) and union member John Dezio (far right) count the strike authorization ballots cast by Aramark workers at Lincoln Financial Field Friday before the watch party for the season opener between the Eagles and the Green Bay Packers, being played in Brazil. Union officials said 84% of those who voted approved going on strike if and when Unite Here Local 274 calls for it as contract negotiations continue. Strike authorization votes have also passed at Citizens Bank Park and Wells Fargo Center.
Unite Here organizer Ryan Nissim-Sabat (second from right) and union member John Dezio (far right) count the strike authorization ballots cast by Aramark workers at Lincoln Financial Field Friday before the watch party for the season opener between the Eagles and the Green Bay Packers, being played in Brazil. Union officials said 84% of those who voted approved going on strike if and when Unite Here Local 274 calls for it as contract negotiations continue. Strike authorization votes have also passed at Citizens Bank Park and Wells Fargo Center.Read moreElizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer