Caesars part of union drive again
27 July 2007
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey -- As reported by the Press of Atlantic City: "Employees at the world's largest gaming company and owner of four Atlantic City casinos are once more part of a union organizing drive — for the fourth time in nearly six months.
"The United Auto Workers union filed papers Wednesday with the National Labor Relations Board to represent 160 full- and part-time cashiers and pit clerks and 33 full- and part-time slot technicians at the Harrah's Entertainment Inc. property Caesars Atlantic City. Filing a petition with the agency is the first step toward setting a union election date, and the UAW typically requires authorization cards from 60 percent to 65 percent of workers before doing so.
"Caesars dealers in March voted 572-128 for the UAW.
"Dealers at Bally's Atlantic City, another Harrah's Entertainment casino, in June voted 628-255 for the UAW — the same day that its security guards voted 151-71 for representation by the International Union of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America..." |
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