Casino
July 28, 2022
Resorts Casino Reaches Agreement With Atlantic City Casino Workers Union
Resorts Casino has reached an agreement with the casino workers union in Atlantic City. With this development, only one of the nine casinos in the city remains without a new labor agreement. Bob McDevitt, the union president, confirmed that Resorts agreed to the same economic terms as the other casinos. The Deal Is Great According […]
Casino
July 20, 2022
Atlantic City’s Resorts Hotel Casino and Golden Nugget Face Strike Action
The two Atlantic City casinos that failed to reach an agreement with their employees who are union members face strike action. The casinos have time until July 30 to sign new labor contracts with their unionized workforce who plan to stage walkouts at the beginning of August. Overwhelming Support for Strike Action The most prominent […]
Casino
July 13, 2022
Atlantic City Worker Strikes Pay Off, 2 Casinos Still Deliberating Raises
Atlantic City casino workers have apparently been severely underpaid for years and the Local 54 members were preparing for simultaneous strikes on multiple local casinos on July 1 and July 3. These strikes were avoided in five out of seven casinos and the new contracts are “historic” for the workers. AC Casino Workers Score 5 […]
Business
July 4, 2022
Atlantic City Labor Agreements Boost Casino Stocks
The most prominent Atlantic City casino employee union has signed a labor agreement with four major casinos in the city – MGM Resorts’ Borgata, Caesars Entertainment’s Caesars, Harrah’s, and Tropicana, which automatically canceled a planned strike during the July 4 weekend. As a result, MGM and Caesars’ stocks had a boost on July 1. Union […]
Casino
July 4, 2022
Hard Rock Casino AC Agrees to Casino Workers’ Demands
The Hard Rock Casino narrowly avoided a calamity by caving in to casino worker demands who insisted that the property accept to sign new contractual agreements with them, led by the Local 54 of the Unite Here union in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The union achieved its first major milestone on Thursday when it announced […]
Casino
July 1, 2022
Atlantic City Four Casinos to Avoid Strike Action
Atlantic City is bracing itself for a strike that will impact all casinos, or rather, all but four, who have agreed to sit down and clinch a split-second agreement with Local 54 of the Unite Here casino worker union. The conflict between workers and casinos has been brewing for about a month now with the […]
Casino
June 30, 2022
Atlantic City Casino Workers Prepare for a Strike as Negotiations with Casinos Continue
Unite Here Local 54 continues its negotiations with three top Atlantic City casinos to negotiate better employee wages and working conditions. The union gave the casinos an ultimatum until June 1. If the two parties do not manage a deal until then, workers have threatened to go on strike. A Potential Strike Would Cost Casinos […]
Casino
June 29, 2022
Hard Rock AC Celebrates Fourth Anniversary, Surpasses $1M in Donations
June 28 this year marks the fourth anniversary of Atlantic City’s Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. A new report reveals that the venue has so far contributed more than $1 million in donations to charities and good causes. For Four Years, Hard Rock AC Has Donated $1M Overall, in the last four years, Hard Rock […]
Casino
June 27, 2022
Casino Union Warns Atlantic City Casinos about Serious Financial Consequences
Unionized casino workers know they have an ace up their sleeve and they are not afraid to play it. A refusal by Atlantic City casinos to respond to the demands of their workers may have an adverse impact on what they have called a qualified success in recovering their finances to pre-pandemic results. Treat Workers […]
Casino
June 23, 2022
UNITE HERE Workers Get Support from Atlantic City Council to Avoid Strikes
Two strikes against Atlantic City casinos were scheduled for July 1 and July 3 and the City Council is trying to help avert them. Atlantic City Unanimous Vote Supporting Workers UNITE HERE members in Local 54 in Atlantic City (AC) were scheduled to strike on July 1 and July 3. The casino workers are going […]
