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Culinary Union, With Strike In Back Pocket, Meets With Casinos

Author Shawn Tempesta
The union has voted to approve a strike. Now they attempt to bargain to avoid one.

Unlike the teachers union and their battle against Clark County School District, the Culinary and Bartenders Union can legally strike. On September 26th, union members overwhelmingly approved a strike. With that huge bargaining chip in their back pocket, the Union meets with casino operators that have allowed their agreements to lapse.

Today (Tuesday, October 3rd), the union meets with MGM Resorts International which owns properties from Mandalay Bay to Bellagio and several properties in between. On Wednesday, October 4th, they head further up the Strip to Caesars Entertainment. They own several properties in town from Planet Hollywood to Harrah’s and, of course, Caesars Palace. Finally on Friday, it is off to Wynn Resorts, which owns the Wynn and Encore. All told, the companies represent Las Vegas’ “big three” casino operators. Contracts with other operators like Las Vegas Sands and Boyd have not expired.

What is the Culinary Union seeking?

Banners at the strike vote for the Culinary and Bartenders Union made it clear: “one job should be enough”. You hear that refrain from a lot of unions (and workers) nowadays, but no union wields more power in Las Vegas than the Culinary Union. Their ability to bring the city to a screeching halt is unmatched.

The union boils what they are looking for down to five demands. They are:

  1. Improved healthcare
  2. Improved wages
  3. Retirement benefits
  4. Improved safety
  5. Advance notice and training for new technology that will become a part of employee’s day to day work.

Culinary Union 226 stresses while their members voted for a strike, it isn’t what they want. They intend to use their willingness to strike if needed to “strike” a deal at the negotiation table.

Looking down the calendar a bit, several big ticket events are slated for Las Vegas in the coming months. There is likely no chance the properties will risk a major disruption in service. We’ll see what happens.

Shawn Tempesta is the co-host of Aimee+Shawn on 102.7 VGS in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is also an Emmy award nominated television host. As a content creator for 102.7 VGS, Shawn writes about current events, education, funny and trending stories.

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