A walkout by hundreds of hospitality workers at a casino near the Las Vegas Strip entered its second day.
Members of the Culinary Workers Union picket in front of the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Las Vegas. with union members willing to undergo the financial hardships of being out of work as they wait for a new contract.
Workers at the casino also walked off the job for 48 hours earlier this year as negotiations escalated, hoping to pressure Virgin Hotels to agree to a new five-year deal with increased wages and better benefits. After the breakthrough deals last November, the Culinary Union quickly reached similar agreements for the rest of its members at major hotel-casinos on the Strip, downtown, and at off-strip properties — except Virgin Hotels. The contracts on the Strip alone cover more than 40,000 workers.
Lee McNamara, a lead dining room cook, said he took a second job for about eight months to save money in anticipation of the strike.
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