received the green light<\/a> from the commission, which it did on April 30 — and now another wave of departures could be in the cards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u201cI don\u2019t have the luxury of having guests who can lose $1,000 playing cards to me before dinner,\u201d Chris Coombs, owner of French restaurant Deuxave in Boston, told The Boston Herald<\/em>. \u201cThey\u2019re playing a very different game than anyone in Massachusetts.\u201d<\/p>\nDollars for Dishwashers <\/strong><\/h2>\nThe casino industry may have its critics, but it does provide opportunities for low-skilled workers to earn competitive salaries.<\/p>\n
The Boston Globe<\/em> reports that dishwashers, security guards, housekeepers, and call center workers at Wynn will earn $20 per hour, with benefits such paid parental leave and 401(k) retirement plans for permanent workers. Servers can earn up to $7.66 an hour before tips, well above the $4.35 state minimum.<\/p>\nThe local hospitality and restaurant industry simply cannot compete.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve never heard of dishwashers being paid that much,\u201d said Jerry Rubin, President of the workforce development agency Jewish Vocational Service. \u201cIt\u2019s just remarkable.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Boozy Dispute <\/strong><\/h2>\nBars and restaurants are also concerned about the Wynn Resort\u2019s request for a liquor license extension to 4am, beyond the current 2am limit.<\/p>\n
Bob Luz, president of the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, said restaurants are \u201cclearly upset\u201d about the perceived unfair advantage potentially given to casinos and added that his organization \u201cvehemently opposes\u201d the proposal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re going to offer that to casinos, you should offer the opportunity to local establishments,\u201d he told The Boston Herald<\/em> this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wynn Resorts\u2019 Encore Boston Harbor is due to fling open its doors in just over a month and the casino giant is currently scrambling to fill 5,500 positions at the $2.6 billion casino resort. As a licensing condition, the company has committed to employing two-thirds of its workforce (3,666 people) from within 30 miles of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":105039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,33810,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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