Culinary and Bartenders Union in Las Vegas sets industrial action deadline

The Culinary and Bartenders Unions have announced a critical development, setting a strike deadline for 2 February 2024, for over 20 integrated casino resorts located on the iconic Las Vegas Strip and in Downtown Las Vegas.

The unions are actively seeking new contracts with these resort-casinos, and if an agreement is not reached by 5 pm on the specified date, approximately 7,700 workers are prepared to initiate a strike.

Ongoing negotiations

The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 has emphasized that if negotiations break down before the deadline, workers might strike individual properties sooner than anticipated. The ongoing negotiations involve prominent properties, and union leadership is scheduled to meet with nine of them this week, followed by two additional local resort-casinos next week.

Properties facing 2 February 2024, strike deadline:

Las Vegas Strip	Downtown Las Vegas
Circus Circus	Binion’s
Hilton Grand Vacations	Circa
Rio	Downtown Grand
Sahara Las Vegas	El Cortez
Strat	Four Queens
Treasure Island	Fremont
Trump Hotel Las Vegas	Golden Gate
Virgin Hotels	Golden Nugget
Waldorf Astoria	Main Street
Westgate	The D Casino
Plaza

Negotiation Schedule

• January 9, 2024: Hilton Grand Vacations, Strat
• January 10, 2024: Circus Circus
• January 11, 2024: Sahara
• January 12, 2024: The D, Circa, Golden Gate, Treasure Island, Waldorf Astoria
• January 16, 2024: Westgate
• January 17, 2024: Trump Hotel Las Vegas
• January 18, 2024: Grand Sierra Resort (Reno)

Last year’s strike activity

In the event of a strike, several resort casinos would experience this for the first time. Last year, Culinary Local 226 authorized a citywide strike when they faced an impasse with six major resort-casinos.(photo above). A procession of Culinary Union members paraded along Las Vegas Boulevard. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police estimated at that time that 3,500 workers took to the streets to advocate new contracts.

Another potential walkout, scheduled just days before the Las Vegas Grand Prix, was averted through eleventh-hour deals with major Strip properties, including MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, and Wynn Resorts, resulting in historic five-year contracts.

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