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Golden Gate Employees on Strike2 July 2002LAS VEGAS – As reported by the Nando Times: “Some 165 workers at the city's oldest hotel-casino went on strike while employees at other downtown hotels signed five-year contracts, avoiding what could have been the largest casino strike in Nevada in two decades. ”About 165 of the 330 unionized Golden Gate Hotel maids, bartenders and bellmen walked off their jobs Monday at 6 p.m. as negotiators signed contracts with dozens of other hotels. Food service workers also joined the strike. ”`The owner hasn't made a contract offer, so the workers feel they have no alternative,’ said Glen Arnodo, political director of Culinary Local 226. `These are long-term employees who aren't about to work without health care and pension or go without wage increases.’ ”Golden Gate owner Mark Brandenburg said he's disappointed that the committee made the decision to strike without talking directly to the workers…” |