if no contract agreements are reached, two of their unions announced Thursday.
The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165, which are Nevada affiliates of the labor union Unite Here, represent hospitality workers in Las Vegas, including at most of the casino resorts in downtown Las Vegas and on the famous Las Vegas strip. The workers include hotel and casino housekeepers, cocktail and food servers, porters, bellhops, cooks and more.
The unions said they have had multiple rounds of negotiations with the top three Las Vegas hotel owners — MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment and Wynn Resorts — since contracts expired June 1, though some affected workers are employed by other hotels as well.
Workers, unions, and the hotels are now operating under a contract extension, which requires either side to give seven days’ notice if they feel negotiations are unsuccessful and, in the unions’ case, if a strike may be necessary, according to a spokesperson for the Culinary Workers Union.
“We are negotiating for the best contract ever in the Culinary Union’s history to ensure that one job is enough,” Ted Pappageorge, the secretary-treasurer for the Culinary Workers Union, said in a statement. “Companies are generating record profits and we demand that workers aren’t left behind and have a fair share of that success.”
MGM MGM, -1.68% and Wynn WYNN, 0.07% last month reported quarterly financial results that beat analysts’ expectations, while Caesars CZR, -3.40% swung to a profit in the second quarter compared with a loss during the same quarter a year earlier.
Pappageorge said the union is concerned about issues including wages, benefits, workload reductions, technology protections, safety, the right to strike and bringing more workers back to work. The union has complained that hotels have retained pandemic-era practices, which have meant reduced staffing in some areas, such as housekeeping.
In June, thousands also dressed in red assembled on the Strip for a march to bring attention to the contract negotiations, waving signs that read "ONE JOB SHOULD BE ENOUGH" at passing cars and tourists.
