sharp decline in gaming revenue<\/a>.<\/p>\nIn February, gaming revenue was down 28.9 percent statewide, compared to the same month in 2020. Casino revenue dropped by 34.5 percent during that period in New Orleans, including a 40 percent decline at Harrah\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Employment Declines in City<\/h2>\n The Harrah\u2019s resort in New Orleans is the only unionized casino in Louisiana.\u00a0 Harrah’s is on Poydras Street, near the Spanish Plaza and Mississippi River.<\/span><\/p>\nUnite Here represents employees at other work local sites, including the Hilton Riverside, the city\u2019s largest hotel, and the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.<\/p>\n
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When hotels, bars, and restaurants were closed in April 2020, employment dropped by 50,000 in New Orleans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nEven with the vaccine rollout and gradually economic recovery, employment is still 30,000 below pre-pandemic levels in the New Orleans hospitality industry, according to nola.com<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Union workers at Harrah\u2019s New Orleans Hotel and Casino have won several job security measures shielding them from COVID-19 fallout, according to a news report. In contract negotiations completed this week, the Unite Here union won an extension of recall rights for hospitality workers furloughed or laid off during the pandemic, according to nola.com. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":169942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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