Culinary Union Strike Threatened Friday, Negotiations Continue
Posted on: January 29, 2024, 11:16h.
Last updated on: January 30, 2024, 11:56h.
Thousands of Culinary Union workers are threatening to walk off the job later this week if they don’t reach settlements with Las Vegas hotels and casinos.
Circus Circus Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, pictured above. Hospitality workers at Circus Circus agreed to a tentative contract. (Image: Kayak)
As of Monday, some 15 Las Vegas Strip and downtown Las Vegas properties have yet to agree to tentative contracts with their hospitality workers, which include almost 4,000 Culinary Union members.
The Culinary Union has threatened to go out on strike at 5 a.m. Friday at properties without initial agreements in place.
Last Wednesday, the Culinary Union reached a tentative five-year contract with Hilton Grand Vacations in Las Vegas. It covers some 500 hospitality workers. Last Tuesday, the union reached a tentative deal with hundreds of hospitality workers at the Strat Hotel, Casino & Tower.
On Friday, the union additionally held an informational picket outside the Circa, Golden Nugget, and Fremont casinos.
Among the properties yet to reach a tentative agreement with the union are the Rio, Sahara Las Vegas, Treasure Island, Virgin Hotels, Binion’s, Circa, Downtown Grand, El Cortez, Four Queens, Fremont, Golden Gate, Golden Nugget, Main Street, The D, and the Plaza.