After a historic 69-day strike, Las Vegas hotel workers have reached a tentative agreement with Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. The agreement includes a 32% wage increase over five years, addressing the workers' demand for a living wage.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The longest strike in decades by Las Vegas hotel workers ended Wednesday with a tentative contract between the union and a casino. The Culinary Workers Union announced on the social media platform X that it secured a pending five-year deal for about 700 employees at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas near the Strip.
In a joint statement, the union and casino said they were committed “to fostering a positive and collaborative working relationship for the benefit of all team members at the property” after the 69-day strike. The agreement includes what the union has described as a historic 32% increase in wages over five years. Virgin Hotels had previously said this amount isn’t “economically viable” for the casino’s future. But throughout the strike, Ted Pappageorge, the union’s secretary-treasurer and lead negotiator, repeatedly said workers at Virgin Hotels would not settle for a “second-class contract.” Lee McNamara, a cook who has worked there for more than 25 years, told Clark County commissioners in early December that they deserved to be paid a living wage like their counterparts at other casinos. “We’re doing the same amount of work for less pay,” he said. “We are literally the lowest-paid union casino as it stands right now.”The strike by the Culinary Workers Union, the largest labor union in Nevada with about 60,000 members statewide, began on September 1st, impacting workers at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, located outside the hotel-casino that’s within walking distance of the Strip and along a common route between the main tourist corridor and the city’s international airport. Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Reps. Dina Titus and Steven Horsford also joined workers on the picket line. The union last went on strike in 2002, when employees at the Golden Gate hotel-casino in downtown Las Vegas stopped working for 10 days
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