Nearly two dozen casino-hotels on the Las Vegas Strip are facing a possible massive walkout by front- and back-of-house food and beverage workers after the employees authorized their unions Tuesday to call a strike.
Though members of the Culinary and Bartenders Unions remain on the job, their approval of using what amounts to the nuclear option in union contract negotiations will pressure 22 of the gaming mecca’s largest hospitality operations to meet their demands.
Included on the list are several provisions that address the employers’ embrace of technology. Among the concessions sought by the unions are earlier warnings of jobs being eliminated by technology; sweetened severance and health care benefits for workers who are replaced by tech; and limits on what information can be gathered about employees by tech.
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The vote was taken as Las Vegas prepares to host 11 major conventions and entertainment events in coming months, including the giant CES conference (formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show), the World of Concrete and the Super Bowl. The unions are asking sympathizers not to visit the city for those events if a strike is called.