Gamenet launches two new proposals for mobile casino realized in collaboration with Game360 the market leader software provider for online and mobile gaming in Italy. The two new apps are available for iOS and Android, one is dedicated to table games, the other one includes several slots for smartphones and tablets. Gamenet is focusing on […]
NLRB Upholds Workers’ Vote for UAW at Foxwoods Casino
Posted by James Parks to AFL-CIO NOW Workers at Foxwoods Resort Casino called for bargaining for a first contract to begin immediately, following the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) unanimous decision to certify the UAW as the elected representative for casino dealers. UAW Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Bunn, who directs the union’s Technical, Office and Professional […]
Casino Workers Unionize, Can’t Get Contract
Posted by Tula Connell to AFL-CIO NOW Blog Marybeth Litcholt has worked as a casino dealer at the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City since 1987. After 21 years on the job, she makes $9 an hour. Meanwhile, her über boss, Donald Trump, the chairman and largest single shareholder in Trump Entertainment […]
Casino Workers Protest Unfair Treatment at Foxwoods
by James Parks As the celebrities and invitation-only guests poured into the new MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Ledyard, Conn., over the weekend, they met some unexpected greeters—casino employees and their supporters who were protesting the owner’s unfair treatment of workers. For two days, May 17–18, members of the UAW, along with state Attorney […]
Casino Workers Gain Safer Workplaces
by James Parks Casino workers in Atlantic City, N.J., have voted by overwhelming majorities to join the UAW to gain a better life and increase their political strength. The value of joining the union became clear yesterday when Mayor Scott Evans chose the UAW union hall to sign into law a smoking ban, which includes […]
Atlantic City Casino Workers Fighting for First Contracts
by James Parks, Apr 28, 2008 Despite overwhelming votes by workers at four Atlantic City casinos in favor of forming a union with UAW, management at the four casinos continue to stall and delay negotiations to avoid granting the nearly 4,000 workers a voice at work. At a press conference last week, New Jersey State […]