Station has a spotty history with organized and has clashed with union at some of its other Nevada properties. In 2017, the company tussled with the Culinary Union at the Green Valley Ranch casino-resort in Henderson. Workers there voted to unionize in November 2017 and a year later, the NLRB accused management of unfair labor practices.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nFollowing the recent picket line fiasco at the Palms, Station Casinos said it has a legal right to contend NLRB decisions.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe most valuable resource of any company are its employees, and I hope you will treat them right,\u201d said Castro in his Twitter video.<\/p>\n
Castro embracing Nevada’s casino-resort union workers could be a sound political investment. With 50,000-plus members in the Las Vegas area, the group has the political juice to carry candidates and affect election outcomes.<\/p>\n
In her November 2018 Election Night victory speech, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) overtly mentioned Culinary 226, the Las Vegas chapter of the union, chanting \u201c226, 226, 226\u201d on stage<\/strong>.<\/p>\nFor the 2020 presidential election cycle, Nevada’s Democratic caucus is third on the calendar after the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary, bringing added importance to the Silver State.<\/p>\n
Castro and several other Democratic contenders, including Sen. Corey Booker (D-NJ) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), visited the state over Fourth of July weekend,<\/p>\n
A Monmouth University poll released last month shows former Vice President Joe Biden commanding support of 36 percent among those expected to attend the Nevada Democratic caucus, followed by Warren at 19 percent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Democratic presidential contender Julian Castro is stepping into the long-running battle between Red Rock Resorts Inc. and the Culinary Workers Union (CWU), urging the gaming company to support workers’ rights to unionize. Earlier this year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said Station Casinos, of which Red Rock is the parent company, engaged in unfair […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":108764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33810,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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