Culinary union steps up pressure on Las Vegas casinos
Hotel and casino workers have moved a step closer to walking out on the picket line at several Las Vegas resorts. In two meetings Wednesday, members of the Culinary Workers and Bartenders Unions voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike at the 14 casinos and two industrial laundries with which the union is negotiating new contracts. The move allows a negotiating committee to call for a strike, or other action, if contract settlements aren't reached. The vote covers 10,000 workers and applies to 12 casinos in downtown Las Vegas and two properties on the Las Vegas Strip, the Tropicana, with about 800 union workers and the Las Vegas Hilton, with 1,800.
See "Culinary union steps up pressure on Las Vegas casinos", Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle, September 12, 2007