Rivers Casino Officials Accused of Anti-Union Practices
The National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against Rivers Casino over allegations that staff members were interrogated to what extent they were involved in union activities. The agency pointed in its filing to a particular case when workers were even threatened with certain reprisals due to their relations to labor unions.
The complaint, which was filed on March 31, mentions an incident that occurred on November 21, 2014 in the casino’s Wheelhouse Sports Bar. The National Labor Relations Board claimed that workers were asked by an assistant manager and a supervisor as to whether they were related in any way to labor unions and what the activities of those were.
According to the filing, the supervisor referred to the union as a “gang membership.” Furthermore, employees were threatened with “unspecified reprisals”, due to their involvement in union activities.
A spokesman for Steel City Casino Workers Council, a union coalition that aims at assisting casino employees in their attempt to join forces, explained that the incident in question occurred after the supervisor noticed that the interrogated workers were wearing wristbands advocating a policy for fair attendance.
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