Over 200 Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport food service workers will go on strike three days before Thanksgiving if a deal with their employer isn't reached.

The workers are represented by the Minnesota hospitality union UNITE HERE Local 17. Union members said on Monday that their contract with HMSHost expired last December, and that both parties have been negotiating for a new one for 11 months.

The union says workers are asking for "significant wage increases" and lower health insurance costs. Sheigh Freeberg, secretary-treasurer of UNITE HERE, also mentioned the need for better paid time off wages for workers who recieve tips.

Union officials said they and HMSHost are "about $1 apart" on wage increases and a "significant percentage" apart on health care.

Freeberg said the u

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