02/06/2026 - 9:30pm
Super Bowl 2026, Brought to You by Unions
IBEW
In addition to being the most-watched televised event of the year, the Super Bowl represents the hard work of thousands of union members. We want to recognize the working people that bring Super Bowl Sunday to millions of people around the world every year.
In addition to being the most-watched televised event of the year, the Super Bowl represents the hard work of thousands of union members. This includes not only the union members who everyone sees, like the players (NFLPA) and the referees (NFLRA), but also the announcers, musicians, and food, transportation and hotel workers, and many more. We want to recognize the many unions that bring Super Bowl Sunday to millions of people around the world every year.
On the Field of Play
- NFL Players Association (NFLPA)
- NFL Referees Association (NFLRA)
Performers, Announcers, Camera Operators, Technicians, Field Workers and Other Hardworking Folks
- SAG-AFTRA broadcast announcers from NBC Sports will provide live coverage
- SAG-AFTRA member Bad Bunny will headline the halftime show, joined by Celimar Rivera Cosme for Puerto Rican Sign Language (PRSL)
- SAG-AFTRA and American Federation of Musicians (AFM) member Charlie Puth will perform the national anthem, joined by Fred Beam for American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation
- SAG-AFTRA members of Green Day will perform at the opening ceremony
- SAG-AFTRA member Brandi Carlile will perform "America the Beautiful," joined by deaf performer Julian Ortiz for ASL and PRSL interpretation
- SAG-AFTRA member Coco Jones will perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing," the Black national anthem
- Skilled IATSE craftspeople will work on the the sets, lighting, equipment and more to create the Super Bowl Half Time show.
Stadium Construction
- Levi’s Stadium was completed in summer of 2014 with 100% union labor, from construction to concessions.
- That includes United Association of Union Plumbers and Pipefitters (UA) Local 393 in San Jose, who completed the plumbing, pipe fitting, sprinkler system and HVAC.
Official Football
- The leather for every single NFL football, including the ones that will be used in Sunday’s Super Bowl, was crafted by members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1546 who work at Horween Leather Co. in Chicago.
- After UFCW members finish processing the leather, members of Workers United Local 1385, an SEIU affiliate, hand make all NFL footballs, including the Super Bowl footballs used at the game, in Ada, Ohio.
Food
- Nearly 500 UNITE HERE Local 2 members working in food and beverage concessions at Levi’s Stadium will keep fans fed and hydrated.
Journalists
- Thousands of reporters and members of The NewsGuild-CWA (TNG-CWA) will attend the Super Bowl this year and cover the event. There will be countless photographers, videographers and other professionals who will work behind the scenes to provide news coverage.
Local Transportation
- Transport Workers Union (TWU)
- Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) members across the Bay Area will transport people to Levi’s Stadium via BART and VTA light rail.
- International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE)
- International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART)
Hotels
Travel
- Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) members work at Omni Air (New England Patriots’ official charter) and Delta Air Lines flight attendants organizing with AFA-CWA fly the Seattle Seahawks and get attendees safely to game day.
- iAM Union (IAM) members work at most of the major airlines and help fans and others get to and from the game on several carriers.
- Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) members are proud to safely fly the players and fans of both teams for the big game.
- As soon as the Super Bowl city was announced, Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) and National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) members at the Federal Aviation Administration started working with the NFL on flight plans and restricted airspace around the stadium. Technicians and air traffic controllers are pulling extra shifts all week at the San Francisco International Airport, San José Mineta International Airport, Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport and surrounding airports, and the air traffic control facilities in Northern California. There are more controllers and aviation safety professionals on hand in San Jose and San Francisco, as well as at smaller airports, to ensure all private jets are legally registered and additional flights can be accommodated.
- Transportation security officers, who are members of AFGE, ensure the safety of America’s flying public, including the increased traffic of folks who fly in for the Super Bowl.
- Transport Workers Union (TWU) members help maintain the planes. In addition, TWU has members who work at the airport and represent aircraft mechanics, flight attendants, fleet service workers, flight technicians, customer service workers, air dispatchers and others at airlines that will transport fans to the game.
Audrey Edmonds
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Welcome to our regular feature, a look at what the various AFL-CIO unions and other working family organizations are doing across the country and beyond. The labor movement is big and active—here's a look at the broad range of activities we're engaged in this week.
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