76ers co-owner David Adelman said the facility would create 9,000 temporary jobs and 1,000 permanent ones. But the quality of those permanent jobs has not yet been a focus of debate.
Many service employees at the Wells Fargo Center in the South Philadelphia stadium complex also pick up work across the street at Citizens Bank Park. UNITE HERE Local 274 says that arrangement has transformed part-time seasonal work into family-sustaining jobs.
David Adelman, the 76ers co-owner and lead developer, recently said the facility would create 9,000 temporary jobs and 1,000 permanent ones. But the quality of those permanent jobs has not yet been a focus of the debate, and it could become a bigger issue next year as the team seeks approval from City Council and the next mayor.
But for UNITE HERE, it’s far from clear the arena would be able to do that for workers who aren’t in construction.The key factor for UNITE HERE is that the construction of a new 76ers arena in Center City could undo some of the progress the union made when it recently secured an agreement that allows its members in the South Philly stadium complex to work across multiple venues.
UNITE HERE is seeking a written agreement with the 76ers and its developers with promises to create other high-quality year-round union jobs — either at non-arena opportunities related to the project, such as street-facing restaurants in the facility, or at other properties owned by the developers — before it decides whether to endorse the plan.
“We have additional details that we are working through and look forward to continued dialogue as we work toward an agreement,” Gainer said. SEIU Local 32BJ, for instance, represents tens of thousands of service workers in Center City office buildings. For union vice president Gabe Morgan, the 76ers’ proposal therefore is less attractive as a source of new positions for his union than it is as an opportunity to revitalize East Market Street and bolster the downtown economy.
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