Food Service Workers Strike At Rhode Island TF Green International Airport
Seventy-three Unite Here Local 26 members walked out to press Grove Bay Concessions for a contract after nearly a year without one.
- On Thursday, June 25, 2026, 73 food and beverage workers at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport conducted a one-day strike seeking a new contract with higher pay.
- Members of Local 26 picketed against Florida-based Grove Bay Concessions, the contractor operating airport restaurants, after workers went two years without a raise and lost contract protections last August.
- Spokesman Seth Ogilvie said the union opposes Grove Bay's insistence on starting employees at Rhode Island's current minimum wage of $16 an hour, which rises to $17 in January.
- During the walkout, managers operated restaurants with imported staff, creating two-hour waits at Dunkin', while Local 26 aims to pressure airport management and state leaders.
- The action follows Local 26's June 8 endorsement of gubernatorial candidate Helena Foulkes, though the campaign of Gov. Dan McKee declined to comment on the dispute.
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Mariah Reynoso, the daughter of a concession worker at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport, holds a strike sign as employees picket outside the terminal on June 25, 2026. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current) Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport’s 73 food and beverage workers walked off the job Thursday amid stalled contract negotiations with the Florida-based company that operates the restaurants and stands in the …
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Mariah Reynoso, the daughter of a concession worker at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport, holds a strike sign as employees picket outside the terminal on June 25, 2026. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current) Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport’s 73 food and beverage workers walked off the job Thursday amid stalled contract negotiations with the Florida-based company that operates the restaurants and stands in the …
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