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Culinary Union to Hold a Final Round of Negotiating Sessions with MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, and Wynn Resorts
11/7/2023
LAS VEGAS, NV - Ahead of the largest hospitality worker strike in U.S. history, the Culinary and Bartenders Unions will be holding a final negotiating session this week with each of the three largest private employers in Las Vegas: MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment Corporation, and Wynn/Encore Resorts. If an agreement for a new contract is not reached by November 10, 2023 at 5am, a strike would impact 18 casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip: *8 MGM Resorts properties (Aria, Bellagio, Excalibur, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, New York-New York, and Park MGM) *9 Caesars International properties (Caesars Forum, Caesars Palace, Flamingo, Harrah’s, Horseshoe, Paris, Planet Hollywood, The Cromwell, and The Linq) *Wynn Resorts Preparations for a citywide strike comes as UNITE HERE hospitality workers employed at MGM Resorts International MGM Grand - Detroit have been on strike since October 17, 2023. UPCOMING NEGOTIATING SCHEDULE: *Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - Caesars Entertainment Corporation: Caesars Forum, Caesars Palace, Flamingo, Harrah’s, Horseshoe, Paris, Planet Hollywood, The Cromwell, and The Linq. *Wednesday, November 8, 2023 - MGM Resorts International: Aria, Bellagio, Excalibur, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, New York-New York, and Park MGM. *Thursday, November 9, 2023 - Wynn Resorts. Culinary Union Secretary-Treasurer, Ted Pappageorge will have limited media availability during negotiation breaks to give an update and do brief interviews. After 7 months of negotiations with the three largest private employers in Las Vegas, the Culinary and Bartenders Unions have set a strike deadline of Friday, November 10, 2023 at 5:00am Pacific for 35,000 hospitality workers in Las Vegas. The Culinary Union intensifies preparation for the largest hospitality worker strike in U.S. history by amassing supplies and materials to maintain 45 different strike stations with multiple picket lines around casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, continuing to sign workers up for strike pay and shifts on the strike line, and urging companies to agree to a fair contract now. Culinary Union been preparing for months for a strike and has been amassing everything needed to maintain a 24/7 strike line at every casino: Tablets for strike sign-in, picket signs, portable bathrooms, tables, chairs, bullhorns, lumber for picket sign sticks, generators, sunscreen, banners, canopies, water, coffee, hotspots, and more items are arriving every day. Culinary Union has also mailed out Striker ID Cards to all potential strikers and is educating workers on how to look up their bank routing and account number in order to sign up for strike pay. Citywide contract negotiations are led by Culinary Union Secretary-Treasurer and Chief Negotiator Ted Pappageorge and President Diana Valles, and also Bartenders Union Secretary-Treasurer Terry Greenwald and President Lana Loebig. There have been multiple rounds of negotiations with the top three employers on the Las Vegas Strip, but still no agreement for a new 5-year contract has been reached. The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 is the largest labor union in Nevada and alongside the Bartenders Union Local 165, represents 60,000 guest room attendants, cocktail and food servers, porters, bellmen, cooks, bartenders, laundry and kitchen workers statewide in the Battle Born State. 53,000 are based in Las Vegas and are in active negotiations with casino/hotel employers for a new 5-year contract. 35,000 workers are under the November 10, 2023 at 5:00am strike deadline. ABOUT CULINARY UNION Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165, Nevada affiliates of UNITE HERE, represent 60,000 workers in Las Vegas and Reno, including at most of the casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip and in Downtown Las Vegas. UNITE HERE represents 300,000 workers in gaming, hotel, and food service industries in North America. The Culinary Union, through the Culinary Health Fund, is one of the largest healthcare consumers in the state. The Culinary Health Fund is sponsored by the Culinary Union and Las Vegas-area employers. It provides health insurance coverage for over 145,000 Nevadans, the Culinary Union’s members and their dependents. The Culinary Union is Nevada’s largest Latinx/Black/AAPI/immigrant organization with members who come from 178 countries and speak over 40 different languages. We are proud to have helped over 18,000 immigrants become American citizens and new voters since 2001 through our affiliate, The Citizenship Project. The Culinary Union has a diverse membership which is 55% women and 45% immigrants. The demographics of Culinary Union members are approximately: 54% Latinx, 18% white, 15% Asian, 12% Black, and less than 1% Indigenous Peoples. Culinary Union members work as: Guest room attendants, cocktail and food servers, porters, bellmen, cooks, bartenders, laundry and kitchen workers. The Culinary Union has been fighting and winning for working families in Nevada for 88 years. www.culinaryunion226.org Contact: questions@exhibitormagazine.com Related News Tentative Agreement Reached Between Culinary and Bartenders Union and MGM Resorts International Tentative Agreement Reached Between Culinary and Bartenders Union and Wynn Resorts |
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