Roughly 25,000 members of the Culinary Local 226 and Bartenders Local 165 participated in two voting sessions, and 99 percent voted to go on strike if a new five-year contract isn’t reached, according to a Culinary union press release.Ĭontracts for 50,000 employees such as bartenders, housekeepers, bellhops and porters expire at the end of the month at 34 Strip and downtown resorts, including properties operated by MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment Corp., Penn National, Golden Entertainment and Boyd Gaming Corp. Unions representing Las Vegas casino workers won the right Tuesday to call a citywide strike as early as June 1 if they do not reach a deal with employers. A potential strike would affect 34 casino-hotels.Ī majority yes vote would not immediately affect the casinos, but it would give union negotiators a huge bargaining chip by allowing them to call for a strike at any time starting June 1.
Volunteer Jenifer Murias yells into a megaphone as Culinary Union members file into a university arena to vote on whether to authorize a strike Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Las Vegas.
