New York City hotels avert labour strike threat before FIFA World Cup

Key points

• Hotel operators avoid a ‘very real threat’ by signing a deal with 25,000 workers as the city hosts the 2026 tournament.
• Click here to share on social media New York City hotel operators and ⁠unions have reached an eight-year labour deal covering about 25,000 workers, averting a strike over wages, workloads and staffing levels that had threatened to disrupt the city ⁠before the FIFA World Cup, said the head of the Hotel Association of New York City.
• Vijay Dandapani, the association’s president and chief executive, said on Tuesday that the mood among owners was “overall positive” after weeks of negotiations, though the industry made significant concessions.
• “We came a long way from where things were,” Dandapani said.
• The United States will cohost the tournament with Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19. While FIFA, football’s global governing body and tournament organiser, was not involved in the talks, the...