Other than higher wages, the workers want a fair workload balance while also obtaining secure health and pension benefits. “I don’t feel secure living check to check.” “I have to work Uber, just to be able to have savings,” she added.
Gonzales said that with inflation rising, she has to work a second job just to make ends meet.Ĭulinary Union gives Sphere workers the right to decide whether to unionize She currently makes $22 an hour cleaning the Paris casino. She has worked in the culinary industry for 16 years. “The casinos are making a lot of money so why can’t we get a little slice of the pie,” Culinary Union Worker, Mercie Gonzalez said. Thousands of culinary union workers to rally on Las Vegas Strip as strike deadline nears The potential strike impacted 35,000 workers from bartenders to cocktails and food servers to bellmen, housekeepers, and more. Workers will join the picket lines if they can’t reach contract agreements with the three Las Vegas casino giants Caesars Entertainment, Wynn Resorts, and MGM Resorts properties.
Many prepared signs for a potential strike on Friday. LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – It was a busy evening for culinary workers Monday night.
