About 35,000 Las Vegas hotel workers are set to walk off the job Nov. 10 in a strike against casino and resort operators MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment and Wynn Resorts if they don’t have a labor contract by then, their unions said on Thursday. Thursday. .
The culinary and wait staff unions have been negotiating for about seven months and 95% of their members voted in late September to authorize a citywide strike.
The strike would be the first by the unions since 1991 and reflects activity in the entertainment and automobile industries, where employees are seeking better compensation and benefits to cope with the higher cost of living and a tight labor market, and comes as Companies report record profits.
The unions of culinary workers and waiters have been negotiating for about seven months. AP About 95% of Members of the Culinary voted in late September to authorize a citywide strike.Getty Images
Las Vegas unions, considered among the most powerful in the country, are demanding higher wages, stronger protections against new technologies that can threaten jobs, a reduction in high dues for housekeepers and greater safety for workers. .
The union said it has some agreements in place with the casinos. “Economically, companies have made some moves, but we are millions of dollars apart,” Ted Pappageorge, secretary-treasurer of the Culinary Union, told reporters in a phone call.
MGM and Caesars did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Wynn declined to comment on the strike deadline.
Members of the Culinary Workers Union demonstrate along the Strip on October 25, 2023 in Las Vegas. AP
“When we reach agreement on the contract, it will be the largest raise our employees have seen in the four decades since we began interacting with Culinary Union,” Caesars Entertainment CEO Thomas Reeg told investors at a conference results call on Tuesday.
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