Every major hotel-casino on the Strip is now unionized.
Following 18 hours of negotiations between the Culinary and Bartenders Unions and the Fontainebleau hotel-casino, a tentative agreement on a new union contract was reached over the weekend, according to a news release.
The agreement was finalized on Dec. 19 and ratified Dec. 30. It will be effective from Jan. 1 through Sept. 30, 2028.
The contract includes access to Culinary Health Fund benefits, housing and legal fund programs, a union pension. The new agreement also secures the largest wage increases ever, workload reductions, daily room cleaning for guest room attendants, safety protections for workers on-the-job, recall rights and the right for unionized workers to support non-union restaurant workers seeking to unionize.
“This milestone agreement not only guarantees job security and fair wages, but also upholds the high standards the Culinary Union has tirelessly fought to establish across Las Vegas,” said Ted Pappageorge, secretary-treasurer for the Culinary Workers Union Local 226.
“We applaud Fontainebleau Las Vegas for stepping up and doing the right thing by adopting the same strong language that protects workers in every casino along the Las Vegas Strip.”