Some Caesars workers attended the first voting session during their work breaks. The union has declined to provide specifics, but generally, both tentative agreements include wage increases and language that protects the workers’ rights in the event that the property is sold. The union later reached a tentative deal with Caesars, followed the next day by a separate deal with MGM Resorts International, the other large hotel operator in the city.

The approved contract covers 12,000 workers on the Las Vegas Strip and a nearby property.Įmployees of Caesars, one of the largest resort operators in the tourist destination, helped authorize a strike last month over the lack of progress in contract negotiations covering 50,000 union members. Housekeepers, bartenders and other unionized workers at Las Vegas casino-resorts operated by Caesars Entertainment approved a new five-year contract, ending the possibility of a strike at those properties.Ī few thousand members of the Culinary Union voted in two sessions to ratify an agreement that addresses sexual harassment in the workplace, job security, wage increases and immigration status. Unionized workers at the casino-resorts operated by Caesars Entertainment in Las Vegas are casting ballots Thursday, June 14 to ratify their newly negotiated five-year contract. 12, 2015 file photo, a man takes pictures of Caesars Palace hotel and casino, in Las Vegas.