If it were to last as long as the previous Las Vegas resort strike – 67 days in 1984 – Culinary estimates the work stoppage could cost MGM Resorts $200m, a heavy price to pay for a fleet of robots, which account for another hang-up in negotiations. Now they are, so as their best investors we want a fair share of that.” “We’ve been sacrificing for many years – especially during the great recession we decided to forgo wage increases so the companies could remain profitable. “We know that MGM for example is doing $3-4bn dollar buyback of stocks from their investors and we’re making the argument that workers are their best shareholders,” Bethany Khan, the Culinary Union spokeswoman, said. In justifying demands for higher wages, Culinary pointed to the companies’ large cash flows.

Of the 25,000 workers who participated in the strike vote, 99% approved the measure.

Bars and sports books are packed with fans wearing hockey jerseys, leading some to wonder what would happen if the gambling palaces shut down.īars are packed with the Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup finals at the T-Mobile Arena. The Vegas Golden Knights are skating in the Stanley Cup finals at the MGM Resorts-owned T-Mobile Arena in their inaugural season. This comes at one of the most lucrative moments in the strip’s recent history. Strike dates have not been set, but staff at iconic properties like the Bellagio, Mandalay Bay, Circus Circus and The Mirage are ready to picket. But the months’ long labor talks are on pause with the other resort companies, which together account for 25 Las Vegas hotels. The Culinary and Bartenders Unions, which represent resort workers in the negotiations for a new five-year contract, say wage increases, workload quotas and job security threats posed by automation are the sticking points.Ĭaesars Entertainment reached an agreement for its 12,000 union workers on Friday. The contracts between Nevada’s largest hospitality companies – most notably MGM Resorts International – and an estimated 38,000 bartenders, cocktail servers, maids, cooks and others staff, expired 1 June.

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