Ocean Casino, Golden Nugget, Resorts, and Bally’s all have so-called “me too” agreements in place with the union. Those pledge to adhere to whatever new collective bargaining terms it agrees to with MGM, Caesars, and Hard Rock. As a result, strikes are not currently slated for those three properties.<\/p>\n
The union’s claims that a casino strike would cost the companies leading the gaming industry’s side of the bargaining $2.6 million daily is up for debate.<\/p>\n
Jane Bokunewicz, director of Stockton University’s Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism (LIGHT), says such a flat 25% reduction in GGR and associated earnings might not accurately pinpoint the financial repercussions of a strike.<\/p>\n
During the last major strike in Atlantic City, which occurred in the fall of 2004, the casinos managed to avoid closing by bringing in temp workers to manage and facilitate resort operations. Bokunewicz believes a similar response would happen next week should workers walk off the job.<\/p>\n
\nThe casino floors at all properties would remain functioning as normal,”<\/strong> Bokunewicz told the Associated Press<\/i>. “[Casinos] would use non-union employees and management to keep the hotel and food and beverage sites operating at an acceptable level to attract customers. Revenue losses or gains would depend on how successful they are at doing this,” <\/strong>Bokunewicz reasoned.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nUnite Here represents most resort employees, aside from direct gaming operations such as table game dealers and slot technicians. Local 54’s membership includes cooks and waitstaff, cocktail servers, housekeepers, bellmen, porters, and bartenders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Atlantic City union representing more than 10,000 workers employed by the town’s casinos says a looming strike would have steep financial consequences on the nine properties. Members of the Local 54 chapter of the national Unite Here labor union have authorized a strike at any moment after July 1 at 12:01 am EDT. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":218823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81885,62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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