FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, February 19, 2018
Media Contact:
Bethany Khan ▪ BKhan@culinaryunion226.org ▪ (702) 387-7088
Culinary Union begins contract negotiations for 50,000 Las Vegas workers
Deadline for contract negotiations: June 1, 2018
Las Vegas, NV – The Culinary and Bartenders Unions will begin contract negotiations this week for 50,000 workers on the Las Vegas Strip and in Downtown Las Vegas. The deadline to complete negotiations is midnight on Friday, June 1, 2018.
Negotiations between the unions and the casino resorts are closed sessions, but periodically there will be media availability with workers. The Unions will be negotiating a host of proposals including: protecting pension and health benefits, good wage increases that reflect increased industry profits, language regarding increased technology and the effects automation has on jobs and workers, strong protections for worker safety including safety buttons and language protecting against sexual harassment and gender discrimination, and proposals for non-union restaurant and arena workers to become union.
The Culinary and Bartenders Unions are encouraging Nevada locals, elected officials, political candidates, and tourists to support workers by patronizing hotels and casinos not under a labor dispute.
The Culinary Union, Nevada’s largest union, has launched www.VegasTravelAlert.org, a website intended as a service for meeting and convention planners and all other travelers who need to know whether labor disputes could affect their plans in Las Vegas. The website will be updated with information about actual and potential labor disputes affecting Las Vegas casinos. Visitors to the site may sign up for email updates as well as find strategies to protect their event or travel plans from the possibility of being impacted by labor disputes.
Labor contracts for the following 34 casino resorts expire midnight on June 1, 2018. After that date, labor disputes, including strikes are possible:
Las Vegas Strip
Caesars Entertainment Corporation:
- Bally’s Las Vegas
- Caesars Palace, including Nobu
- Flamingo Las Vegas
- Harrah’s Las Vegas
- Paris Las Vegas
- Planet Hollywood
- The Cromwell
- The LINQ
MGM Resorts International:
- Aria Resort & Casino
- Bellagio Hotel & Casino
- Circus Circus Hotel & Resort
- Excalibur Hotel & Casino
- Luxor Hotel & Casino
- MGM Grand Las Vegas
- Mandalay Bay, including Delano
- The Mirage
- Monte Carlo Hotel & Casino (Park MGM)
- New York-New York Hotel & Casino
Other Strip properties:
- Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas
- SLS Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, including W Hotel
- Stratosphere Casino, Hotel & Tower
- Treasure Island Hotel & Casino
- Tropicana Las Vegas
- Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino
Downtown Las Vegas
- Binion’s Gambling Hall and Hotel
- Fremont Hotel & Casino
- Main Street Station Casino Brewery & Hotel
- Four Queens Resort and Casino Las Vegas
- Golden Gate Casino
- Golden Nugget Las Vegas
- The D Las Vegas
- Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
- Plaza Hotel & Casino Las Vegas
- El Cortez Hotel and Casino
The following properties’ collective bargaining agreements are NOT expiring on June 1, 2018:
- Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
- Elara Las Vegas, a Hilton Grand Vacations Club
- Hilton Grand Vacations Club on Paradise (455 Karen Avenue)
- Hilton Grand Vacations Club on the Boulevard (2650 South Las Vegas Boulevard)
- Hilton Grand Vacations Club at the Flamingo (3575 South Las Vegas Boulevard)
- The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
- Trump International Hotel Las Vegas
- Wynn Las Vegas
- Encore at Wynn Las Vegas
- Vdara Hotel & Spa at ARIA Las Vegas
- The Signature at MGM Grand
- Homewood Suites (6801 Placid Street
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ABOUT THE CULINARY UNION:
Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165, Nevada affiliates of UNITE HERE, represent over 57,000 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 270,000 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 143,000 Nevadans, the Culinary Union’s members and their dependents.
The Culinary Union is Nevada’s largest immigrant organization with over 57,000 members - a diverse membership that is approximately 55% women and 54% Latino. Members - who work as guest room attendants, bartenders, cocktail and food servers, porters, bellmen, cooks, and kitchen workers - come from 173 countries and speak over 40 different languages. The Culinary Union has been fighting for fair wages, job security, and good health benefits for working men and women in Nevada for 83 years.
CulinaryUnion226.org / @Culinary226
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