At literally the 11th hour, thousands of Atlantic City retail casino workers reached a tentative agreement with their employers.
That means the following casinos won’t see picketers marching outside tomorrow: Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa
Caesars Atlantic City Resort and Casino
Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City
Tropicana Atlantic City
At 11 p.m. today, the union’s spokeswoman Bethany Holmes emailed Bonus.com : 4,500 Atlantic City Casino Workers Reach Tentative Agreement with their Employers
Workers at Borgata, Caesars, Harrah’s, and Tropicana avert strike deadline
Atlantic City—Casino Workers at four Atlantic City casinos reached a tentative agreement with their companies late Thursday night, in advance of a July 1 strike deadline. The union’s worker negotiating committee at the MGM-owned Borgata and Caesars Entertainment-owned Caesars, Harrah’s, and Tropicana casinos have approved the agreements and will set a date for a ratification vote from the entire membership soon. A strike deadline remains in effect for Hard Rock casino for July 3 and strike pay signup will begin tomorrow at 8 a.m. on the Boardwalk in front of the property. Las Vegas -based Caesars Entertainment owns Caesars, Harrah’s, and Tropicana.
Las Vegas -headquartered MGM Resorts International owns Borgata. Background on the Averted Retail Casino Worker Strike Seven retail casinos in Atlantic City were slated to be affected by a strike retail casino workers authorized on June 15.Their union, Unite Here Local 54 , represents housekeepers, bartenders, cocktail servers, cooks, bellhops, door attendants, and other service workers in Southern New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania .While that mix doesn’t include dealers, history shows a hospitality worker strike can shut a casino down . Hard Rock Isn’t Out of the Woods On Sunday, workers could still strike against the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City .Workers voted to strike because, on May 31, Local 54 members’ employment contracts expired at all Atlantic City retail casinos. (Except Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino and Ocean Casino Resort. Those have an agreement in place with the union.)Therefore, workers at Borgata, Caesar’s, Golden Nugget Atlantic City, Hard Rock, Harrahs, Resorts Casino Hotel, and Tropicana worked without contracts.Still, […]
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