Overview
- Unite Here Local 11 will hold a two-day strike-authorization vote Thursday and Friday to decide whether about 2,000 SoFi Stadium hospitality workers can seek a strike.
- Union leaders say bargaining with Legends Global remains unresolved and talks continued into early June without a deal on pay, contract length or privacy safeguards.
- Workers are seeking raises to more than $30 an hour and a 22-month contract while Legends has offered wage freezes for some roles and a 25-cent hourly increase for cooks and dishwashers.
- A major sticking point is FIFA's credentialing checks that request Social Security numbers and fingerprints, which the union fears could reach DHS or ICE and has prompted a complaint to the California attorney general.
- If the authorization passes and negotiations fail, the union warns pickets or strikes could affect operations for eight World Cup matches at SoFi beginning with the U.S. opener on June 12 and force last-minute staffing or credential changes.