Card Checks Permitted
Culinary officials told Casino.org on Monday that an agreement is in place that grants Sphere employees with the right to decide whether to unionize. The Sphere and union signed off on a card check neutrality agreement, which is common for hospitality workers in Nevada and elsewhere across the U.S., that ensures workers can decide if organizing is in their best interests.
This agreement will allow the workers at The Sphere the opportunity to choose to be a part of the Culinary Union, which has set the standard in Las Vegas for hospitality jobs for over 88 years of fighting and winning for working families in Nevada,” said Culinary Union Secretary-Treasurer Ted Pappageorge.
The Sphere card check news comes less than a month after Culinary reached a similar agreement with The Venetian Resort, which includes The Venetian and The Palazzo casino hotels. Property operator Apollo Global Management is allowing the Venetian Resort workforce numbering roughly 8,000 employees to consider organizing.