SoFi Stadium Food Workers, Legends Hospitality Reach Tentative Deal Averting Strike Ahead of World Cup
The agreement covers about 2,000 bartenders, servers, cooks and dishwashers and averts a strike three days before the U.S. men's soccer team opens the 2026 World Cup at the Inglewood venue.
nypost.comUNITE HERE Local 11 reached a tentative agreement with Legends Hospitality covering approximately 2,000 food and beverage workers at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The deal averts a strike that workers had authorized last week. S.
Men's team's opening match on Friday. The agreement includes wage increases that will raise many cooks' hourly pay to $38–$40 within about two years. Some cooks now earning around $31 an hour are scheduled to move to $38 or $39 an hour over the same period.
The union representing the bartenders, servers, cooks and dishwashers announced the deal at a news conference in Inglewood. com reported. com reported.
Com reported. "No other collective bargaining agreement in the country preserves the right to strike in response to ICE raids and attacks," the co-president of the local union said at the news conference. com reported.
SoFi Stadium opened in 2020 and seats 70,000. It is also home to the NFL's Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers.
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