\nMichelle Rindels, Associated Press
\n\tLAS VEGAS (AP) \u2013 Hotel workers and bartenders plan to strike at nine downtown Las Vegas casinos next month if contracts aren\u2019t reached, labor leaders announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\tOfficials with the Culinary and Bartenders unions said employees are prepared to walk off the job at 5 a.m. June 1 at The D, Four Queens, Fremont, Main Street Station, El Cortez, Binion\u2019s, Golden Gate, The Plaza, and Las Vegas Club.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cFor nearly 80 years, our unions have made casino jobs good jobs in Las Vegas,\u201d Geoconda Arguello-Kline, leader of the Culinary Union, said in a statement. \u201cOur members downtown deserve to earn a decent living by working hard under a fair contract. They should not be left behind as hundreds of millions of new investments pour in for downtown revitalization.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tThere are about 2,000 union employees at the nine casinos, according to union spokeswoman Bethany Khan. She said a majority of the workers at each business are members of the unions, which cover all aspects of the casinos including food and beverage, housekeeping, cocktails, and bell desks.<\/p>\n
\tContracts at the casinos expired June 1, 2013, and union members voted in March to authorize a strike whenever leaders called one.<\/p>\n
\tThe Golden Nugget casino downtown reached a five-year agreement with the unions last month, and negotiations with El Cortez, Fremont and Main Street casinos are scheduled in advance of the planned strike, Khan said.<\/p>\n
\tMGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment Corp., which together control a majority of properties on the Strip, previously negotiated new five-year union pacts. The independent Stratosphere, Riviera, Tropicana, and Treasure Island casinos have also settled.<\/p>\n
\tThe agreement reached in November with MGM, covering 26,000 of the unions\u2019 55,000 members, keeps employee\u2019s health care costs from increasing, includes provisions for more flexible scheduling and aims to bring back workers laid off from shuttered eateries during the recession.<\/p>\n
\tThe last strike in Las Vegas was at the Golden Gate casino in 2002, Khan said. The most infamous dispute started in 1991 at the Frontier casino and lasted six years, four months and 10 days.<\/p>\n
\tUnion officials said they are spreading the word to event planners and potential guests at the downtown casinos, telling them their visits could be disrupted by picketing.<\/p>\n
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