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Review journal strike casinos workers12/31/2023 The union is scheduled to return to the bargaining table next week with MGM Resorts, Caesars and Wynn Resorts. Virgil was among 53,000 housekeepers, cocktail and food servers, porters, cooks, bartenders and other hotel employees in Las Vegas eligible to participate in the vote. “We are the glue that keeps these hotels together, and we should be paid what we deserve,” Deanna Virgil, a longtime employee at Wynn Las Vegas, told The Associated Press after casting her vote. Contracts for 40,000 of those members recently expired. In Nevada, the Culinary Union is the largest labor union, representing about 60,000 hospitality workers statewide. Workers calling for higher wages, better conditions and job security, especially since the end of the pandemic, have been increasingly willing to walk out on the job as employers face a greater need for workers. The same day the Culinary Workers Union vote took place, President Joe Biden joined United Auto Workers strikers on a picket line in Michigan.Įarlier this year, UPS reached a new deal before a work stoppage that could have significantly disrupted the nation’s supply chain. A walkout by Nevada's largest labor union would be the latest in a series of high-profile job actions around the country, including walkouts in Hollywood.
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