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Union Launches Website on Aladdin Dispute

LAS VEGAS -- The union seeking to represent employees of the Aladdin hotel-casino has created an Internet site about its dispute with the bankrupt Strip property.

On the website -- www.lvaladdinalert.info -- the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 warns hotel guests that "the escalating and ongoing labor dispute at the Aladdin may inconvenience guests and leave visitors with unpleasant memories of their Las Vegas vacation, conference or convention."

The union sponsored a noisy demonstration led by the Rev. Jesse Jackson on July 23 and promised additional actions if Aladdin's management did not acknowledge the union.

The 2,567-room Aladdin is in the process of being sold out of bankruptcy for $635 million to a partnership fronted by Planet Hollywood restaurant founder Robert Earl, who wants to turn the resort into a motion picture-themed Planet Hollywood hotel-casino.

Earl has promised to retain all current Aladdin employees after the sale.

The union, which represents housekeepers, kitchen workers, food servers, porters and bartenders, wants to represent employees through a National Labor Relations Board-approved "card check" process in which workers sign cards signaling support of the union. Some employers have rejected the card-check process, instead demanding a secret-ballot election.

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