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The Culinary Union<\/a>, Nevada\u2019s biggest casino workers\u2019 union, will vote on Tuesday on a measure that threatens to bring Las Vegas to a virtual standstill.<\/p>\n

\"Culinary
Members of the Culinary Union protesting outside the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas in 2013. The union is threatening a citywide strike to ensure it gets its share of the Trump administration\u2019s corporate tax cuts. (Image: John Locher\/Las Vegas Review-Journal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the first time in 15 years, the union\u2019s 50,000 bartenders, bellmen, cocktail servers, food servers, housekeepers, kitchen staff, and porters will decide by ballot whether to stage a citywide walkout.<\/p>\n

Some 34 resorts along the Strip and downtown would be impacted should the union vote to act, with about 80 percent of those being employees of MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment. If members authorize a strike, it could be called any time after June 1, when the current union contract expires.<\/p>\n

Bigger Share of Trump\u2019s Tax Cuts<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Culinary, which is currently in negotiation with operators, wants to ensure that money saved by casinos from the corporate tax cuts brought in by the Trump administration trickles down to workers. In Q4, these cuts generated a combined, non-cash benefit of $4.3 billion for the top four Strip operators, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.<\/em><\/p>\n

The union is also fighting for more protections from sexual harassment by guests and co-workers and for the mandatory issue of \u201cpanic buttons\u201d to housekeepers.<\/p>\n

The group also wants assurances against job cuts in the face of the increased use of new technologies by casinos, such as kiosks for self-check-in.<\/p>\n

We believe our proposals are fair, considering the companies are in better position and the recession is over,\u201d Culinary Union spokeswoman Bethany Khan told the Las Vegas Sun.<\/em> \u201cThe workers who have helped make those companies succeed should not be left behind.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Walkout Unlikely<\/strong><\/h2>\n

But operators believe the chances of the union taking the nuclear option are slim. Last week, Rich Broome, a spokesman for Caesars, said his company would \u201ccontinue to negotiate in good faith with the Culinary Union\u201d and was \u201coptimistic that we will achieve a good settlement before the current contract expires at the end of the month.\u201d<\/p>\n

MGM said in an official statement that it had always been \u201cgreat partners\u201d with the union.<\/p>\n

“We have issues to address, but we\u2019re confident we will find mutually beneficial solutions to all our contract issues,\u201d said the company.<\/p>\n

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According to two UNLV professors consulted by the Las Vegas Sun<\/em>, Bill Werner and Ruben Garcia, the most likely scenario is that the union will vote overwhelmingly in favor of a strike but will fail to go through with its threat.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Instead, the contract will be extended while negotiations continue: a process that could take anywhere up to a year. Once a resolution has been found, workers will be paid retroactively on days worked after June 1.<\/p>\n

The last time the union organized a citywide strike was in 1984, although individual casinos have been picketed<\/a> on numerous occasions since, including — infamously — a six-year strike at the Frontier in the 1990s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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