I’ve been hearing about the possible citywide strike starting June 1, 2018 in Las Vegas, and, I’m wondering how it will affect the participants of the 2018 WSOP?
Per this article, Citywide Strike Could Disrupt Vegas Casinos Starting June 1, on travelagentcentral.com,
“Members of unions representing Las Vegas casino workers will hold a citywide strike vote on Tuesday, May 22, which, if it goes through, will authorize strikes affecting major Las Vegas casino resorts as soon as the morning of June 1.”
There are over 50,000 union members. Voting will take place in two waves on May 22nd.
“The unions noted that the last citywide strike vote was in 2002, when 25,000 workers voted to authorize a strike. Another citywide strike in 1984 lasted for 67 days.”
The Las Vegas Sun reports in an article on the strike, Scholars: Vote to strike by Culinary Union doesn’t mean stoppage is imminent:
“In the most likely scenario… the union will “overwhelmingly” vote in favor of the strike Tuesday but not end up striking when their current contracts expire June 1. Werner said he expected the vote to be 95 percent or higher in favor of a strike.
As with some previous labor disputes over the past three decades, the UNLV scholars said they expected the contract to be temporarily extended without a strike as the sides continue to negotiate. When a deal is reached, they said, workers will likely be paid retroactively for any days worked after June 1.
The process could take up to a year to be finalized, Werner said, but the 17-year UNLV professor said 90 days would be a more realistic estimate.”
If the union members call for a strike, the hotels that will be impacted are:
- Bally’s Las Vegas
- Caesars Palace, including Nobu
- Flamingo Las Vegas
- Harrah’s Las Vegas
- Paris Las Vegas
- Planet Hollywood
- The Cromwell
- The LINQ
- Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas
- SLS Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, including W Hotel
- Stratosphere Casino, Hotel & Tower
- Treasure Island Hotel & Casino
- Tropicana Las Vegas
- Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino
- Aria Resort & Casino
- Bellagio Hotel & Casino
- Circus Circus Hotel & Resort
- Excalibur Hotel & Casino
- Luxor Hotel & Casino
- MGM Grand Las Vegas
- Mandalay Bay, including Delano
- The Mirage
- Monte Carlo Hotel & Casino (Park MGM)
- New York-New York Hotel & Casino
- Binion’s Gambling Hall and Hotel
- Fremont Hotel & Casino
- Main Street Station Casino Brewery & Hotel
- Four Queens Resort and Casino Las Vegas
- Golden Gate Casino
- Golden Nugget Las Vegas
- The D Las Vegas
- Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
- Plaza Hotel & Casino Las Vegas
- El Cortez Hotel and Casino