Las Vegas Bartenders and Waiters Move Closer to a Strike
A strike could bring the 39 hotels, casinos, and resorts on the strip—including Caesars Palace, Mandalay Bay, and Bellagio—to a standstill.
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More than 50,000 Las Vegas-based hospitality workers have voted to authorize a strike if negotiations with the city’s biggest resorts fail to yield a new contract.
The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165, which represent about 53,000 culinary workers in Las Vegas, voted by a 95% margin Tuesday to allow union leadership to call a strike. The union’s members include room attendants, servers, bartenders, and kitchen workers.