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Las Vegas hospitality workers vote to strike against hotels, casinos
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The union didn’t immediately set a deadline for a walkout as it continues bargaining for better pay, benefits and working conditions with the top casino employers on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Vegas hospitality workers union holds strike authorization vote
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Las Vegas hospitality workers vote to strike against hotels, casinos
LAS VEGAS >> Tens of thousands of hospitality workers who keep the iconic casinos and hotels of Las Vegas humming were set to vote today on whether to authorize a strike amid ongoing contract negotiations.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tens of thousands of hospitality workers who keep the iconic casinos and hotels of Las Vegas humming were set to vote Tuesday on whether
The union didn’t immediately set a deadline for a walkout as it continues bargaining for better pay, benefits and working conditions with the top casino employers on the Las Vegas Strip.
Workers calling for higher wages, better conditions and job security, especially since the end of the pandemic, have been increasingly willing to walk out on the job as employers face a greater need for workers.
Union members include guest room attendants, cocktail and food servers, porters, bellmen, cooks, bartenders, laundry and kitchen workers across the state of Nevada.
KTNV By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165 voted Tuesday to authorize a strike, they said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Members voted 95% in favor of a strike authorization in Las Vegas, the unions said.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas hospitality workers may be the latest major labor union in the U.S. to go on strike after tens of thousands of members voted Tuesday on whether to authorize a walkout that could impact some of the city’s most iconic casinos and hotels.
Workers calling for higher wages, better conditions and job security, especially since the end of the pandemic, have been increasingly willing to walk out on the job as employers face a greater need for workers.
A walkout by Nevada's largest labor union would be the latest in a series of high-profile job actions around the country, including walkouts in Hollywood.
LAS VEGAS >> Tens of thousands of Las Vegas hospitality workers fighting for new union contracts voted Tuesday to authorize a strike that could impact more than three dozen casinos and hotels, the city’s economic backbone.
