The union members are currently working under an expired contract at eight of the MGM Resorts, the Caesars Entertainment properties, and the Wynn/Encore Resorts.
“Companies are doing extremely well, and we are demanding that workers aren’t left behind.”
“If these gaming companies don’t come to an agreement, the workers have spoken and we will be ready to do whatever it takes - up to and including a strike,” union secretary-treasurer Ted Pappageorge said in a statement. Tuesday night, union members voted 95 percent to 5 percent to authorize a citywide strike at Las Vegas, signaling to employers that the 53,000 Las Vegas union members are ready to walk out.
In a move that could shut down the casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, members of the Culinary and Bartenders Union at the gambling mecca voted to strike this week, indicating that union members are willing to picket across swaths of the Strip if talks with employers fall through.
