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US – Culinary Union files lawsuit against Las Vegas Strip over COVID-19 failures
The Culinary Union has filed a lawsuit on June 29 on behalf of Culinary Union members who work in casinos on the Las Vegas Strip in order to protect workers and their families from the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. The Culinary Union is suing companies for injunctive relief under the Labor-Management Relations Act…
US – Unions demand full wages for casino employers for the duration of COVID-19 closures
UNITE HERE union leaders from Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and the Louisiana/Mississippi Gulf Coast demanded that major casino companies pay all of their workers for the full duration of COVID-19 closures that have shuttered casinos across the country. While some casino companies, such as Wynn Resorts and the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas have committed to…
Australia – Staff at Crown Melbourne to protest graveyard pay
Workers at Crown Melbourne, the state of Victoria’s single biggest employer, have voted to reject a wage offer for late-night and ‘graveyard’ shifts at weekends. Representatives of the venue’s 5,500 staff at Crown Melbourne have refused an increase of 2.75 per cent, and are now planning to demonstrate as they hold out for an increase…
US – Union demands Deutsche Bank apply for Nevada licence
Members of the UNITE HERE’s Culinary Workers Union Local 226 have called on Nevada’s gaming regulators to investigate Deutsche Bank’s suitability to own Nevada casinos. A Deutsche Bank subsidiary owns 25 per cent of Station Casinos LLC and its 19 casinos in Nevada. Despite having the authority, state gaming regulators have not required the bank…
