Union files unfair labor charges against Taj Mahal casino; Revel sale remains in turmoil
Source: Star Tribune-AP
by: WAYNE PARRY
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Atlantic City's main casino workers' union filed 27 unfair labor practice charges against the owners of the Trump Taj Mahal casino on Tuesday.
The complaints allege the company threatened workers and unilaterally changed work schedules and rules that cost employees money during a months-long fight for the future of the casino that continues unabated. Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union has been fighting Trump Entertainment Resorts for months over working conditions at the casino, which narrowly escaped closing in December when billionaire investor Carl Icahn put up $20 million to keep it afloat.
"These charges allege serious violations of federal labor law, and demonstrate a disregard for the rule of law and basic fairness at the Taj Mahal," said Bob McDevitt, the union's president. "They allege that managers threatened and discriminated against workers for union activity. Additionally, the charges claim the company has unilaterally changed the rules in ways that have cost our members work and pay, and have disrupted their lives."
Among the charges filed with the labor board are that the company fired a union shop steward; attempted to get a union member to spy on the union to management; tore down union literature and threw it on the floor, saying, "It's the union's fault that this place is closing," and unilaterally changed work schedules and rules.
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