Panic Stations<\/strong><\/h2>\nThis week, Las Vegas ABC affiliate 13 Action News reported that Caesars and MGM, which settled with the unions in June, have already begun rolling out the small, wearable devices.<\/p>\n
\u201cMGM Resorts has implemented safety-button technology at all of its properties and is working to implement even more robust safety devices in the near future,\u201d the company said in an official statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cSafety-button technology is an important tool that allows us to be more proactive in ensuring employee safety, and we are committed to utilizing technology and other measures to keep guests and employees safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Action 13 News noted that there are still 8,700 workers without the devices in properties with which the union has yet to strike a deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Culinary Union (Local 226) has announced it will picket the off-Strip Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino and Fremont Street\u2019s D Las Vegas Casino Hotel this Friday, July 6. The union, which represents around 50,000 bartenders, bellmen, cocktail servers, food servers, housekeepers, kitchen staff and porters, will use the July 4th weekend to highlight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":82623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Culinary Union to Picket Westgate and D Las Vegas in Busy July 4 Period<\/title>\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