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Some 35,000 Las Vegas hospitality workers are ready to walk off the job on Nov. 10 in a strike against casino and resort operators MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment and Wynn Resorts if they do not have a labor contract by then, their unions said on Thursday.
The Culinary Workers and Bartenders Unions have been negotiating for about seven months, and 95% of their members voted at the end of September to authorize a citywide strike. The strike would be the first for the unions since 1991 and mirrors activity in the entertainment and auto industries where employees are seeking better compensation and benefits to deal with the higher cost of living and a tight labor market, and comes as companies report record profits.Around 95% of people in Members of the Culinary voted at the end of September to authorize a citywide strike.
The union said it has some agreements in place with the casinos. “Economically, the companies have made some movement but we are millions of dollars apart,” Ted Pappageorge, Culinary Union Secretary-Treasurer told reporters on a call.
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