National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)<\/a> released a decision that Station Casinos Palms Casino Resort refused to bargain with or recognize the unions. The NLRB also concluded the company \u201cengaged in unfair labor practices.\u201d<\/p>\nStation Casinos Files Legal Challenges<\/h2>\n
Over two years, Station Casinos has legally challenged worker elections through lengthy processes. The company has submitted an appeal of the NLRB ruling, too. It seeks to set aside May\u2019s decision and order.<\/p>\n
The case will be heard by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Like other appeals filed by the company, the process can be a lengthy one.<\/p>\n
The union claims Station Casinos management is guilty of \u201cinterference, intimidation, bullying, and litigation.\u201d Some Democratic presidential candidates have backed the union’s efforts, such as Bernie Sanders, Julian Castro, and Pete Buttigieg, according to the <\/strong>Associated Press<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\nBoth Sides Need to Bargain<\/h2>\n
In June, Ruben Garcia, co-director of the Workplace Law Program at UNLV\u2019s law school, told Casino.org<\/em> both the Culinary Workers Union and Station Casinos management need to abide by relevant labor laws. Both sides need to negotiate and bargain in \u201cgood faith,\u201d he added.<\/p>\nStation Casinos is a subsidiary of Red Rock Resorts. The company is controlled by brothers Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe culinary worker and bartender unions represent some 60,000 employees in the Las Vegas and Reno region. They work at many properties located on the Las Vegas Strip and\/or in downtown Las Vegas. Nationally, Unite Here represents some 300,000 workers in such sectors as gambling, hotels, and food services.<\/p>\n
Their job categories include cooks, hotel room attendants, cocktail servers, food servers, porters, bellmen, bartenders, laundry workers, and kitchen workers, the union said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fiesta Henderson Hotel & Casino is the latest Nevada Station Casinos-owned property where workers voted to affiliate with a union. By a tight margin, some 57 percent of the 295 Fiesta employees taking part in Friday\u2019s tally approved the affiliation. With the vote, more than 300 Fiesta Henderson employees will be represented by the Culinary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":114918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33810,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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