{"id":55392,"date":"2017-07-26T17:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T00:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=55392"},"modified":"2017-07-26T15:37:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T22:37:27","slug":"unions-go-crown-melbournes-vips-threatening-social-media-war-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/unions-go-crown-melbournes-vips-threatening-social-media-war-layoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Unions to Go After Crown Melbourne\u2019s VIPs, Threatening ‘Social Media War’ After Layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

James Packer\u2019s<\/a> Crown Resorts is facing a vicious backlash from Australia\u2019s unions over its decision to sack 16 slots technicians at its flagship Crown Casino Melbourne.<\/p>\n

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Unions launch vicious attack on Crown Resorts, promising to go after its VIPs, but its decision to picket the helipad may be ill-advised. (Image: Crown Resorts)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The chorus of anger has been amplified by the fact that Amtek, the company to which Crown has outsourced the jobs, is chaired by Jeff Kennet, the former premier of the State of Victoria.<\/p>\n

It was under Kennett\u2019s tenure in the nineties that Crown Melbourne was given the go-ahead to be built and subsequently licensed, prompting conspiracy theorists among the unions to allege establishment collusion and cronyism. It\u2019s a suggestion Kennett dismissed this week as \u201cabsolute rubbish.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJames [Packer] would not have known about this tender,\u2019\u2019 he added. \u201cI had no involvement in it but it\u2019s just because of my being alive, they have something to run a campaign. I can only say no one under 50 would know who I was these days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Waging War<\/strong><\/h2>\n

But the unions aren\u2019t taking any prisoners. They have promised to harass Crown\u2019s VIPs in a bid to hit profits and to wage an all-out \u201csocial media war\u201d against the Aussie casino giant.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, during a demonstration outside the Crown\u2019s front doors, Electrical Trades Union Victorian secretary Troy Gray told hundreds of workers to flood Crown\u2019s Facebook and TripAdvisor pages with negative reviews. Social media was the \u201cnew weapon of the workers,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n

“We know the high-rollers,\u201d he warned. \u201cWe will contact the high-rollers and put them on notice. If they hear this story, they will shake their heads in disgrace.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He also vowed unions would go after \u201cthe big corporations\u201d that book function rooms at the Crown and even keep vigil at the casino\u2019s helipad, greeting Chinese VIPs with signs written in Mandarin denouncing the company.<\/p>\n

Tumbleweed on the Helipad <\/strong><\/h2>\n

This last tactic may be the least successful because of a conspicuous dearth of high rollers at the helipad. Crown Resorts is still reeling from the arrest and imprisonment of 14 staff members and two former staff members in China<\/a> on charges of marketing the company\u2019s services to Chinese high-rollers.<\/p>\n

The arrests severely embarrassed Crown, forcing it to rein in its ambitions of international expansion, reduce its investment exposure to the region and completely abandon its VIP marketing in China.<\/p>\n

Severed from such a vital revenue stream, it has been forced to cut costs, which is what may have led to the job cuts in the first place.<\/p>\n

The fact is, the flow of Mandarin-speaking high rollers arriving by helicopter has largely dried up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James Packer\u2019s Crown Resorts is facing a vicious backlash from Australia\u2019s unions over its decision to sack 16 slots technicians at its flagship Crown Casino Melbourne. 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