"The Dodgers and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees reached an agreement in October, but ratification of the pact by the union failed by one vote. A second vote also narrowly failed. Then in January the tour guides voted to decertify the union, meaning the pay raise and increased stadium security on non-game days IATSE and the Dodgers had agreed upon were off the table."
"Dodger Stadium tours have become increasingly popular - generating more than $1 million a year in revenue - because of recent stadium renovations, two consecutive World Series championships and the signings of Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki. "The tour program has grown so much in the age of Ohtani," said Ray Lokar, a veteran Dodgers tour guide whose full-time career was as a high school coach and athletic director for nearly 40 years. "The visibility and security responsibilities have been amplified. It's grown from a mom‐and‐pop operation of a dozen people showing folks around the stadium to a multimillion-dollar asset.""
The Dodgers emailed roughly 55 tour guides that their hourly pay would increase from $17.87 to $24, matching an increase that had been part of a scrapped union contract. An agreement with IATSE in October failed ratification by one vote, a second vote also failed, and guides voted to decertify the union in January, nullifying the negotiated raise and added non-game security. The Dodgers will pay about $650,000 to tour guides in 2026, with roughly $170,000 reflecting the raise. Tours now run daily except three holidays and generate over $1 million annually; demand and security responsibilities have risen with renovations, championships and high-profile player signings.
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