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UAW plans Atlantic City rally

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey -- As reported by the Press of Atlantic City: "Dealers from at least four casinos will take to the streets next month for a demonstration calling for fair contract negotiations, the United Auto Workers union announced Tuesday.

"The rally, scheduled for 12:30 p.m. June 21, is expected to include Ron Gettelfinger, president of the Detroit-based UAW, and John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest union coalition. Thousands of union members throughout New Jersey, as well as Detroit, New York, Connecticut and Washington, D.C., are being asked to march in support.

"...Donovan, speaking at a press conference at the Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel, was applauded by dozens of casino workers from Bally's Atlantic City, Caesars Atlantic City, Tropicana Casino and Resort, and Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino — where dealers over the past year voted in favor of organizing through the UAW.

"Charles Wowkanech, president of the New Jersey AFL-CIO, also spoke on behalf of the workers, promising further political and legislative muscle should the casinos fail to negotiate fairly or stall the bargaining process..."

copyrighted material written for and appeared exclusively in The Press of Atlantic City

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