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Hundreds of concessions workers at Target Field are expected to walk off the job Monday as the Minnesota Twins host one of their highest-profile home series of the season against the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

Roughly 500 workers, employed by Delaware North, serve food and drinks throughout the ballpark. UNITE HERE Local 17 represents those workers and announced the strike after contract negotiations stalled.

Union members are fighting for better wages, affordable health care and stronger job protections. The union says many concessions workers earn minimum wage and do not receive employer-provided health care.

On May 1, workers voted 81 percent in favor of authorizing a strike if bargaining failed to produce a new contract.

"The bargaining committee for Local 17 has been committed to avoiding a strike through good-faith bargaining," the union said in a early June statement. "Unfortunately, the company has not had that same commitment."

The strike is happening on the first game of a home series against the Dodgers. The Twins are scheduled to play the Dodgers on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week.

It was not immediately clear how the strike could affect concession operations at Target Field during Monday's game.

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Around 500 Target Field concessions workers are set to strike Monday during the Twins' series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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