The union now adds that Station Casinos has allegedly refused to adhere to “Right to Return.”<\/p>\n
\nSB 386 gave hundreds of thousands of union and non-union casino, hospitality, stadium, and travel-related employees, who were laid off, through no fault of their own, the Right to Return to their jobs as business returns. Every Republican member in the 2021 Nevada Legislature voted to not support SB 386,”<\/strong> Culinary said in a statement to Casino.org<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nStation Casinos is Nevada’s third-largest private employer. The company owns and operates nine casinos in Southern Nevada.<\/p>\n
Pandemic Layoffs<\/b><\/h2>\n
The Culinary Union says the coronavirus resulted in 98% of its 60,000 union members in Las Vegas and Reno being laid off. The union says 80% have since been welcomed back.<\/p>\n
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SB 386 predominantly benefited non-union casino and hospitality workers who had no such return protections. Union members, Culinary says, largely already had such securities in place through the trade group’s collective bargaining agreement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
SB 386 nonetheless provides a course of action for furloughed employees who believe they’ve been unjustly passed over in the rehiring process. The law allows those who believe they’ve been wronged to file a complaint with the Nevada Labor Commissioner’s Office, or bring a lawsuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Culinary Union in Las Vegas is alleging that Station Casinos has violated numerous conditions imposed under Nevada’s “Right to Return” law. And the powerful trade group plans to take its members’ grievances against the locals-focused casino operator to court. The Culinary Union announced today a forthcoming mass action lawsuit naming Station Casinos as a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":206999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81886,60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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