World Cup Workers Threaten Strike Before $2,000-a-Ticket Game

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• (Bloomberg) -- Workers at SoFi Stadium near Los Angeles on Friday voted in favor of a strike for higher wages, a week before the venue is scheduled to host the US soccer team’s first World Cup match.
• The measure was approved by 96% of Unite Here Local 11 members at the stadium, according to the union, after contract negotiations with Legends Global, the subcontractor managing food and beverage service at the venue, faltered.
• Talks are expected to resume on Monday.
• The union represents roughly 2,000 food service workers, including bartenders, dishwashers, cooks and concession workers at the venue.
• Legends didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.