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A workers\u2019 union at the World Cup venue has asked FIFA to keep ICE agents away from the venue to alleviate their fears.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 7 Apr 2026<\/span>7 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n A union representing about 2,000 food service workers at the Los Angeles Stadium has asked FIFA to keep United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) away from World Cup operations in the city and warned \u2060workers could strike if their concerns are not addressed.<\/p>\n Unite Here Local 11, which represents cooks, servers and bartenders at the Inglewood venue, said on Monday that the workers \u2060remain without a labour contract as the World Cup approaches.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n The union laid out three main demands to FIFA and stadium owner Kroenke Sports & Entertainment: A public commitment that ICE and Border Patrol will play no role in the tournament, protections \u200cfor union jobs and working conditions, and support for affordable housing for hospitality workers.<\/p>\n Acting director of ICE, Todd Lyons, has said ICE would play a \u201ckey part\u201d in the World Cup, a prospect the union said threatened worker and guest safety in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n Local 11 said it also wanted assurances that artificial \u2060intelligence and automation would not be used during the tournament to eliminate union jobs.<\/p>\n The union linked its labour demands to broader concerns over housing costs in the Los Angeles area, particularly \u2060in Inglewood, and called for support for a workforce housing fund, restrictions on short-term rentals and tax measures aimed \u2060at funding affordable housing and immigrant family protections.<\/p>\n \u201cFIFA \u2060and its corporate sponsors will pocket billions from Los Angeles while refusing to even acknowledge the cooks, servers, and stand attendants who make this event possible,\u201d Kurt Petersen, co-president of Local 11, \u200csaid in a statement.<\/p>\n The union said it had repeatedly sought meetings with FIFA since Los Angeles was chosen as a host city, but had been ignored. \u200c<\/p>\n The venue is known as the SoFi Stadium, but has been rebranded to the Los Angeles Stadium for the World Cup due to sponsor clashes.<\/p>\n Los \u200cAngeles is set to host eight World Cup matches at the stadium, the first being the US against Paraguay on June 12.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A workers\u2019 union at the World Cup venue has asked FIFA to keep ICE agents away from the venue to alleviate their fears. Published On 7 Apr 20267 Apr 2026 A union representing about 2,000 food service workers at the Los Angeles Stadium has asked FIFA to keep United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-canada-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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