The union representing Caesars workers were demanding a $1.75 per hour wage increase over three years for both full and part-time workers. That accounted for a 9.4 percent increase on the average rate.<\/p>\n
\nThe protest lasted two months. The union agreed to end the strike after saying their demands were “75 percent met.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
During that time, Detroit’s three casinos posted higher gaming revenues. They won some $4 million more in April 2018 than the same month in the prior year, $800,000 more in June, and recorded a $300,000 increase in July.<\/p>\n
The more important impact, however, could be in the long term. Calderone believes the two-month strike could change behavior patterns. “Management (Caesars) should be concerned about some measure of erosion or loss of patron loyalty,” Calderone stated.<\/p>\n
Caesars Windsor was completely closed during the two-month period. Along with gaming operations, concerts were canceled, and those with hotel bookings had to take their business elsewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Detroit casinos won a record $1.44 billion in annual gross gambling revenue (GGR) in 2018, a $20 million premium on the previous top mark set in 2011. MGM Grand, MotorCity, and Greektown capped off December with a nearly 10 percent year-over-year jump. For the fourth quarter, the three casinos won $361.1 million, a 5.6 percent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":95795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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