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Westin Casuarina Won't be Unionized

The Las Vegas Sun

LAS VEGAS -- When the Westin Casuarina hotel-casino opens near the Las Vegas Strip this month, it will not be a union property. That's according to Culinary Union Local 226, which had represented restaurant and hotel workers at the former Maxim property until it closed a few years ago.

Owners Columbia Sussex Corp. bought the Maxim and gutted it to create a Westin franchise. The Westin franchise is owned by Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc., which owned the former Desert Inn and Caesars Palace -- both represented by the Culinary Union.

The Culinary Union declined to comment this week on whether it expects to organize employees at the property. Starwood owns a number of other luxury hotel brands, including the St. Regis, W and Sheraton chains.

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