Casino
September 23, 2022
Smoking Ban Panel in New Jersey Falls Through after Casino Rep Withdraws
Smoking has been a hot-button issue and topic for casino workers in Atlantic City for more than a year now. Workers opposed to smoking on casino floors have staged a walkout outside the Hard Rock Casino after a scheduled panel discussing a proposed ban on smoking during a casino conference was snuffed out on Thursday. […]
Casino
September 14, 2022
Jacqueline Grace Resigns as GM of the Tropicana
Jacqueline Grace recently resigned from her position as vice president and general manager of the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City. As a result, now none of the city’s casinos is headed by a woman or a person of color. Grace Departs from Her Position Grace was the last of Atlantic City’s four female casino leads […]
Casino
August 31, 2022
New Jersey Judge Throws Away Atlantic City Casinos Tax Break
On August 29, the New Jersey Superior Court Atlantic County Law Division declared that tax relief in relation to property tax for Atlantic City casinos is against the state’s constitution. Atlantic City Casinos Got a $55 Million Tax Break Thanks to the PILOT Amendment ProPublica reported that judge Michael Blee has doubled down on the […]
Casino
August 10, 2022
PILOT Under Fire Again, Liberty and Prosperity Take Shots at Its Constitutionality
The amendment to the payments-in-lieu-of-taxes law meant a lot of lost tax revenue and the money had to come from somewhere and that was one of the biggest issues with it so far. Now, however, it turns out there might be some infringements to the State’s Constitution as well. Another Issue Surrounding PILOT Amendment The […]
Casino
August 10, 2022
New Partial Ban on Smoking in Casinos Rejected by Casino Workers
It’s all or nothing – this is the message Atlantic City casino dealers want to send to lobbies trying to strike a middle ground between anti-smoking and pro-smoking campaigners. The debate has raged with some intensity for a while now, with many casinos fearing that prohibiting smoking on-site on their casino gaming floors will turn […]
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 […]
