The NLRB’s investigation found that Station Casinos introduced new benefits to employees only after union organizing was underway — and then threatened to withhold them from workers who joined the union. It also found that Station Casinos management threatened workers that union bargaining would be futile, with anti-union messaging posted throughout the property that “emphasized years of fruitless bargaining at Boulder and Place Stations.”
The decision ordered Station Casinos to “cease and desist” from these threats, as well as resume bargaining with the union. The NLRB also ordered Station Casinos to notify employees of their rights under labor law.
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In a statement, Culinary Union Secretary-Treasurer Ted Pappageorge said: “This decision affirms what we have been saying for years — that Station Casinos violated the law and the company must bargain with the union because of its unlawful actions that corrupted the prospect for a free and fair union election. Station Casinos needs to stop breaking the law and treat its workers with respect.”
The Culinary Union has been successful elsewhere in Las Vegas, where tens of thousands of hospitality workers have won “historic” wage increases in recent months.