Overview
- Hershey Entertainment & Resorts says Hersheypark will start daily summer operations on May 21 and will alert guests if plans change.
- Company officials report progress in bargaining and shared a union message that next week's talks will proceed with business as usual for the start of daily operations.
- More than 200 maintenance and skilled-trades employees rejected the company's last, best, and final offer and voted this week on strike authorization, with results not released.
- Workers are seeking higher pay, more affordable health coverage, and bigger premiums for hard-to-staff shifts, and union members say they hope to avoid a walkout.
- A strike could force ride or venue closures, put The Boardwalk's May 23 opening and Giant Center events such as the Nate Bargatze show at risk, and strain local tourism businesses.