Messi, Inter Miami switch LA hotel due to striking workers

Inter Miami have modified plans and can not keep this weekend at a Santa Monica hotel the place workers not too long ago went on strike, a union supply informed Reuters on Friday.

Inter Miami and star ahead Lionel Messi had been scheduled to examine into the beachside Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows on Friday forward of Sunday’s MLS match at LAFC however heeded calls from Unite Here Local 11 to keep away, mentioned union spokesperson Maria Hernandez.

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Housekeepers, cooks, bellmen and servers on the institution joined 1000’s of hotel workers throughout the area on the picket strains, the place they’re demanding larger pay to meet rising housing prices.

“Thank you to the great Lionel Messi and his team mates for agreeing to move from the hotel and stand in solidarity with striking workers!” the union mentioned in an announcement.

The union representing Major League Soccer gamers (MLSPA)additionally praised the choice.

“The MLSPA is proud to stand with the striking workers at the Fairmont Miramar and other LA area hotels, and we applaud the decision by MLS and Inter Miami to change hotels this weekend,” the MLS Players Association mentioned in an announcement.

“We urge all of the hotels to reach fair contracts with their workers ASAP.”

A Fairmont Miramar spokesperson declined to remark.

An MLS spokesperson mentioned the league doesn’t monitor which motels groups keep at when touring. Inter Miami didn’t reply to a request for remark.

Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain Messi, broadly thought-about one of many best gamers of all time, has been an enormous attraction since becoming a member of MLS in July.