 Newsletter Signup
Stay informed with the
NEW Casino City Times newsletter! Alana Roberts Archives
More Strategy Experts
|
Alana Roberts Gaming Guru - Page 3Linen Company Says Service Will Continue in Strike4 January 2005
LAS VEGAS -- Linen service will continue for many local hotels and restaurants as truck drivers at Mission Industries continue to strike, a spokesman for the company said.
However, a leader of Teamsters Local 14, the union that represents the drivers, said the company is having trouble servicing ... (read more)
Workers Reject Mandalay Proposal17 December 2004
LAS VEGAS -- About 320 maintenance workers at three Mandalay Resort Group properties voted to reject a two-tier wage and benefit contract offer from the company and could strike as soon as Wednesday.
Voting began Thursday and ended this morning; 214 voted to reject the Mandalay offer.
Only 53 voted to accept it. ... (read more)
Engineers Likely to Strike14 December 2004
About 320 maintenance workers at three Mandalay Resort Group properties, represented by the Operating Engineers Local 501, are expected this week to reject a company contract offer that is similar to one the workers rejected in July.
"I wholly expect it to be overwhelmingly rejected and we're ... (read more)
Mediator Goes to Work on Union Dispute15 November 2004
Operating Engineers Local 501 and Mandalay Resort Group bosses met Friday for negotiations with the help of a federal mediator in hopes of hammering out a contract to cover about 320 maintenance workers at three hotels.
George Scott, business representative of the union, said in a phone message ... (read more)
Union: Mediator Helping With Mandalay Negotiations9 November 2004
Negotiations between the Operating Engineers Local 501 and three Mandalay Resort Group properties have improved with the help of a federal mediator, a union leader said.
George Scott, the union's business representative, said although no decisions were made during Monday's negotiation session, he ... (read more)
Engineers' Strike Still Possible at Mandalay Properties8 November 2004
The possibility of a strike remains for about 320 members of the Operating Engineers Local 501 who work at three Mandalay Resort Group properties as the union's leaders continue to try to hammer out a contract agreement with the casino operator.
The union and the company have a negotiation session set for today with a federal mediator. ... (read more)
MAGIC Contract Talks Lead to Walk-Out3 September 2004
LAS VEGAS -- Teamsters-led workers walked off their jobs breaking down MAGIC Marketplace at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Thursday evening, following a collapse in negotiations for contracts that expired at the end of June.
Teamsters Local 631 represents about 3,200 workers in the convention industry. ... (read more)
Split Ruling Issued in Aladdin Labor Case4 June 2004
LAS VEGAS -- A National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge has ordered the Aladdin hotel-casino to pay one worker back pay and full benefits after finding he had been fired because of his support of Culinary Union Local 226.
The judge also upheld the termination of another worker who supported the union. ... (read more)
Station Casinos Files Trademark Lawsuits12 May 2004
LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas locals casino company Station Casinos Inc. has filed two federal "cybersquatting" lawsuits accusing two alleged Internet casino companies of trademark infringement.
The company filed the lawsuits last week in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas.
One is against Robert Marshall, chief executive of Fort Worth, Texas-based ECM Group Inc. ... (read more)
Culinary in Dispute with New Frontier9 March 2004
Trustees of two trust funds of the Culinary Union Local 226 and the Bartenders Union Local 165 have filed a lawsuit against the New Frontier hotel casino, alleging the Las Vegas casino failed to make fringe benefit contributions to the funds since July 2000.
The lawsuit was filed March 1 in U.S. ... (read more)
|