It also could cause problems for fans heading to the city to watch the Vegas Golden Knights hockey team play in the Stanley Cup Final in early June, a rare feat for a team in its first year. It would affect properties including Caesars Palace, Planet Hollywood, Bellagio, MGM Grand, Stratosphere, The D and El Cortez. The latest strike would mean losing workers with roles critical to making a casino-hotel run: bartenders, housekeepers, cocktail and food servers, porters, bellmen, cooks and other kitchen workers, just as the summer vacation season gets underway. The last strike, in 1984, spanned 67 days and cost the city and workers tens of millions of dollars. The union last voted for a strike in 2002 but reached a deal before employees walked out.
The move hands union negotiators a huge bargaining chip as they work to solidify new five-year contracts.
LAS VEGAS (CBSLA/AP) - Thousands of Las Vegas workers have authorized a strike just in time for the busy summer vacation season, a move that could cripple Sin City's world-famous resorts.Ībout 25,000 members of the Culinary Union who work at 34 different casino-resorts across the tourist destination cast ballots in two sessions, showing the collective power of the largest labor organization in Nevada.
