Members currently receive health insurance and earn about $26 hourly, including benefits, union spokesperson Bethany Khan said. Negotiations have been underway since April over topics such as pay and working conditions. The union's deadline comes after yet another unsuccessful round of negotiations with the three casino companies that own and operate some of the most recognizable hotel-casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, including the Bellagio, Paris Las Vegas, MGM Grand, Luxor and Caesars Palace. Caesars and MGM Resorts did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment. In Las Vegas, the 18 properties that could be affected by a strike are Aria, Bellagio, Excalibur, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, New York-New York, Park MGM, Caesars Palace, Flamingo, Harrah's, Horseshoe, Paris Las Vegas, Planet Hollywood, The Cromwell, The Linq, and Wynn and Encore Resorts.Ī spokesperson for Wynn Resorts declined to comment. Nevada's largest labour union, with about 60,000 members statewide, hasn't gone on strike in decades.Ī walkout would be the latest in a series of high-profile labour unrest actions around the country - from walkouts in Hollywood to UPS' contentious negotiations that threatened to disrupt the nation's supply chain - and would follow hospitality workers walking off the job last month at Detroit's three casinos, including MGM Grand Detroit.

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10 with casino giants MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment and Wynn Resorts. The Culinary Workers Union said about 35,000 members whose contracts expired earlier this year could walk off the job if deals aren't reached by Nov. Tens of thousands of Las Vegas hotel workers fighting for new union contracts set a strike deadline Thursday, threatening major disruptions at more than a dozen resorts that could coincide with the Strip's inaugural Formula 1 races later this month.

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