Culinary Local 226 said its members would strike until a deal is reached. The hotel-casino is under pressure to get a deal done before the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
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The company said a majority of Culinary Local 226 employees at the Henderson property signed an employee-led petition to decertify the labor union.
Observers say historic conditions, including COVID-19 and inflation, influenced discussion and the terms of Culinary Local 226’s contracts with Strip employers.
Culinary Local 226 said it will hold “informational picket lines” in front of eight resort properties on the Las Vegas Strip this week.
“They’re dealing with the same thing in L.A. that we’re dealing with in Las Vegas,” a Culinary union official said of striking hotel workers.
The union authorized a walkout against the center’s food service provider in a unanimous vote, but bargaining teams are still negotiating a contract.
After demanding that schools stay closed, the teachers union wants to raise taxes for education. That’s going to be a tough sell.
Principals want to be able to select their own teachers. The district and teachers union aren’t interested.
Higher taxes and increased electricity prices aren’t the only way a Joe Biden presidency would cost workers.
Culinary Local 226 seems to think listening to workers is a one-way straight street.
You can tell that unions offer an inferior product by the hurdles they put in place to keep members from leaving.
Two years later, it’s obvious why unions were so opposed to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Janus ruling.
The coronavirus caused economic shutdown is going to devastate local government budgets. It’s why transparency in collective bargaining negotiations is more important than ever.
After a decade-long economic boom, Nevada’s infrastructure is crumbling and collapsing. It’s not supposed to be like this.
With two confirmed COVID-19 cases in Clark County, Culinary Union Local 226 said it monitoring the virus and is asking casinos to meet and discuss the effects of the outbreak.
