The union representing workers at SoFi Stadium, the Los Angeles-area arena hosting the FIFA World Cup, has reached a tentative agreement with operators at the stadium after voting overwhelmingly last week to authorize a strike — and just days before the venue is scheduled to host its first of several matches.

Stadium workers near Los Angeles say they have reached a tentative contract deal, averting a strike ahead of the U.S. men’s soccer team’s opening World Cup match. The union announced the deal at

Hospitality workers at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles voted to authorize a strike. It comes as the World Cup is set to kick off this week. Lilia Luciano reports.

The World Cup is coming. And SoFi Stadium workers could be going. According to the Wall Street Journal, via Sports Business Journal, roughly 2,000 hospitality workers at SoFi Stadium voted “overwhelmingly” to authorize a strike.

About 2,000 unionized hospitality workers at SoFi Stadium were expected to announce whether they will indeed go on a strike just three days before the group stage match between Team USA and Paraguay on Friday.

SoFi Stadium workers are expected to give a major update Tuesday on stalled contract negotiations that could trigger a strike ahead of the FIFA World Cup.

Hospitality workers at Los Angeles' Sofi Stadium voted Friday to authorize a strike, demanding better pay, job protections from AI and assurances that immigration enforcement won't happen there. The move comes just days from the first matches of the FIFA World Cup.

The high-stake negotiations by the union have earned a 40 per cent increase in pay for attendants at concessions stands