Casino dealers for Harrah?s Entertainment, owners of Caesar's Palace, are still without a labor contract, two years after voting to organize. Now, sources say, casino officials are attempting to require dealers to share tips with other workers, an unprecedented development in Las Vegas. Union officals have charged casino owners with refusing to bargain in good faith, and that the casino never intended to reach a proper agreement. The casino has countered that it is in no legal obligation to sign any agreement, but merely to negotiate.
See "Caesars Palace plays hardball with dealers, asserts right to tips", Liz Benston, Las Vegas Sun, January 19, 2010