{"id":217516,"date":"2022-06-16T06:07:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T13:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=217516"},"modified":"2022-06-16T15:55:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T22:55:05","slug":"atlantic-city-casino-union-authorizes-strike-july-4-walkout-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/atlantic-city-casino-union-authorizes-strike-july-4-walkout-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic City Casino Union Authorizes Strike, July 4 Walkout Threatens Busy Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Members of the Atlantic City casino union Unite Here Local 54 have authorized their leaders to call a strike at any time after July 1 unless new labor agreements are reached with the nine resorts.<\/p>\n

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Members of the Unite Here Local 54 union react after voting in Atlantic City to authorize a strike against the casinos next month if a new contract isn’t reached. The Atlantic City casino union is seeking higher wages for its roughly 10,000 members. (Image: AP<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The collective bargaining agreements that dictate minimum pay and an array of working conditions for some 10,000 hospitality service workers employed by the Atlantic City casinos expired June 1. Unite Here Local 54 officials are negotiating new terms with casino reps, but the two sides are seemingly far from signing new contracts.<\/p>\n

Unite Here said about 96% of the “several thousand” union members who voted yesterday during the strike authorization lent their backing to such a protest.<\/p>\n

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The industry better not take this lightly,”<\/strong> warned Bob McDevitt, president of the Local 54 chapter. “This is a no B.S. thing.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Union leaders are readying their arsenal of negotiating weapons by asking members to authorize a strike<\/a>. The approval could give the union the upper hand in the deliberations over the next two weeks, as the resorts would suffer greatly should their bartenders, cooks, waitstaff, housekeepers<\/a>, bellmen, and porters walk off the job during the long July 4 Independence Day weekend.<\/p>\n

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THE VOTES ARE IN: Thousands of casino workers cast ballots today and 96% have voted in favor of authorizing the worker negotiation committee to call a strike if an agreement is not reached with Caesars, Harrah\u2019s, Tropicana, and Borgata, by July 1st and Hard Rock by July 3rd! pic.twitter.com\/OZrLsgHeuO<\/a><\/p>\n

— UNITE HERE Local 54 (@UHLocal54) June 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n