Casino union protests Taj Mahal cuts outside Icahn office
Source: utsandiego
By WAYNE PARRY
Atlantic City casino workers demonstrated outside the New York City offices of billionaire investor Carl Icahn on Thursday to protest the elimination of benefits at a casino he is poised to acquire.
Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union tried to hand-deliver a letter to Icahn. He is taking over the bankrupt Trump Entertainment Resorts, which owns the Trump Taj Mahal casino.
But they only got as far as the front desk, where a worker said he would take the letter to Icahn.
A bankruptcy judge in October let the company end health insurance and pension coverage for Taj Mahal workers, who have been fighting unsuccessfully since then to get Icahn to sign a new contract.
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