Ted Pappageorge<\/a> said \u201cthe average Culinary Union member earns about $28 an hour (including their benefits) under the previous contract, and by the end of this new five-year contract, the average Culinary Union member will be earning about $37 an hour (including their benefits).\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\nIt\u2019s not immediately clear if the workers at The Venetian\/Palazzo achieved similar salary increases.<\/p>\n
When reached for comment, The Venetian and The Palazzo released a statement that said in part, “We look forward to ratification of the agreement and to a positive and productive relationship working alongside both The Joint Executive Board and our Team Members.”<\/p>\n
Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165 are Nevada affiliates of the national Unite Here union and represent 60K workers in Las Vegas and Reno, including at most of the casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip and in Downtown Las Vegas. Members include bartenders, bellmen, cocktail and food servers, cooks, guest room attendants, kitchen workers, and porters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hospitality workers at The Venetian and Palazzo in Las Vegas broke out in celebration Tuesday morning after word came they had achieved their first-ever union contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":328465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33810,81886],"tags":[82473,81898,23,84582],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Venetian, Palazzo Workers Announce First Tentative Contract<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n