Union voting on Atlantic City casino strike authorization

[Omaha Steve]

Source: US News

By WAYNE PARRY, AP

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City's main casino workers union will decide whether to authorize a strike against four of the city's gambling halls.

If members of Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union vote yes Thursday, the union will have given itself the right to call strikes against five of the city's eight casinos.

Thursday's vote involves Bally's, Caesars, Harrah's and the Tropicana. The union previously authorized a strike against the Trump Taj Mahal.

Even if the union votes yes, it would not walk out immediately. The vote lets the union call a strike at some future date.

FULL story at link.


File-In a Sept. 30, 2011 file photo, members of Local 54 of Unite-HERE, representing casino service workers, march on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City N.J. Atlantic City’s main casino workers union will decide whether to authorize a strike against four of the city’s gambling halls. If members of Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union vote yes Thursday, the union will have given itself the right to call strikes against five of the city’s eight casinos. The vote Thursday, June 16, 2016, involves Bally’s, Caesars, Harrah’s and the Tropicana. The union previously authorized a strike against the Trump Taj Mahal. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Read more: http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2016-06-16/union-voting-on-atlantic-city-casino-strike-authorization

[Judi Lynn]

1. K & R. n/t

[Earth Bound Misfit]

2. K n R

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3. I worked in a USW shop for 20 years .

I worked for the USW for 20 years and we would get strike authorization before we started negotiations.

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4. K&R

[Eugene]

5. The Latest: Casino Union Authorizes Atlantic City Strike

Source: Associated Press

The Latest: Casino Union Authorizes Atlantic City Strike

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Jun 16, 2016, 8:06 PM ET

The Latest on Atlantic City's main casino workers union voting on whether to authorize a strike (all times local):

8:05 p.m.

Atlantic City's main casino workers union has authorized a strike against five of the city's eight casinos on July 1 if contracts aren't reached with them before then.

Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union voted Thursday to authorize a strike against Bally's, Harrah's, Caesars and the Tropicana. It previously authorized a strike against the Trump Taj Mahal.

The union says workers made painful sacrifices that need to be reversed now that Atlantic City's casinos are regaining their financial footing.

The casinos say they're committed to a fair contract that works for both sides.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-union-considers-strike-atlantic-city-casinos-39904110