The union held a strike authorization vote in which 95 percent of members supported a strike, if necessary.
“It’s very important for working people and for all of Las Vegas.”Ĭontracts expired at MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment and Wynn Resorts in September after months of extensions. “We’re striving to get this contract because it’s very important for the people who live in Las Vegas, the families that live in this town,” Paul Anthony, a food server at the Bellagio since it opened, told reporters in a virtual news conference. The date - just six days before the city hosts the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix, when more than 100,000 visitors are projected to descend on the Strip - sets a formal deadline for workers and employers to make a deal. 10 if a new five-year contract agreement is not reached, union leaders said Thursday. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal) workers in Culinary Local 226 will go on strike at 5 a.m.
Culinary Local 226 members are arrested as they block traffic during a rally along Las Vegas Boulevard on Wednesday, Oct.