Philadelphia hotel workers set strike deadline ahead of FIFA World Cup: 'No one is getting left behind'

Source: WHYY

Workers want higher wages, protection from sexual harassment by guests and caps on daily workload requirements.

By Cory Sharber May 20, 2026

Hotel workers at several Philadelphia hotels say they are prepared to go on strike in June, potentially snarling hotel accommodation plans for hundreds of thousands of fans expected to visit the city during the FIFA World Cup.

Unite Here Local 274, which represents more than 4,000 hotel and food workers at Philadelphia’s stadiums, hotels and airports protested outside of the Philadelphia World Cup host committee headquarters Wednesday.

Multiple strikes at Center City hotels over the last year ultimately led to new worker contracts and increasing wages from $19 per hour to $30. President Rosslyn Wuchinich said that if any remaining hotels without new contracts don’t agree to terms by June 12, strikes will run from the World Cup to the Fourth of July.

“Our members are prepared to sacrifice for themselves and for all working people to have a living wage in our city,” Wuchinich said.



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