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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Nov 2, 2023, 07:14 PM Nov 2023

Tens of thousands of Las Vegas Strip hotel workers at 18 casinos could on go strike this month

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tens of thousands of Las Vegas hotel workers set a deadline Thursday for a sweeping strike, threatening major disruptions to the city’s economic backbone that could coincide with the Strip’s inaugural Formula 1 races later this month.

The Culinary Workers Union said about 35,000 members whose contracts expired earlier this year are ready and willing to walk off the job at 18 casinos if deals aren’t reached by Nov. 10 with casino giants MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment and Wynn Resorts.

That’s five days before the Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend, which is expected to bring thousands of people to the Strip, is set to kick off with an opening ceremony.

At a news conference, Ted Pappageorge, the union’s secretary-treasurer and chief contract negotiator, urged tourists and Formula 1 ticket-holders to support the workers if they go on strike by not coming to Las Vegas or crossing the picket lines.

https://apnews.com/article/las-vegas-hotel-workers-strike-deadline-073754af77f9aef57891ed9a5e95367d

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Tens of thousands of Las Vegas Strip hotel workers at 18 casinos could on go strike this month (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2023 OP
Ooh. Nice timing. underpants Nov 2023 #1
Please note -- The state government has a big interest in this. Valdosta Nov 2023 #2

underpants

(186,481 posts)
1. Ooh. Nice timing.
Thu Nov 2, 2023, 07:18 PM
Nov 2023

People on Vegas trips don’t tend to doing anything other than what the hell they want to do NOW.

Valdosta

(331 posts)
2. Please note -- The state government has a big interest in this.
Fri Nov 3, 2023, 09:31 AM
Nov 2023

Taxing casinos is how they can afford to have no state income tax.

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