MGM and Caesars’ non-tipped workers will receive about $3,100 in backpay, with tipped workers receiving about $1,500, because their original contracts expired June 1. Wynn Resorts workers will get about $2,100 for the non-tipped laborers and $1,000 for tipped workers because their contracts expired on Aug. 1.
Culinary will now focus on its negotiations with 24 independent Strip and Downtown Las Vegas casino-resorts for new contracts, where the union represents about 15,000 workers. Pappageorge said Monday that strike deadlines could be called for some independent Strip operators by the end of this year and possible strike deadlines could be called for downtown locations in January or February 2024.