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CULINARY IN THE NEWS

Union pushed; Trop fell 
5/9/2008. Las Vegas Sun
Behind the scenes, the Culinary and its parent helped bring about the loss of Tropicana’s New Jersey license and its filing for bankruptcy protection.

Bed Alert! 
4/4/2008. Las Vegas Sun
Tropicana employees on the lookout for bedbugs

Tenser and tenser as Trop and workers negotiate 
2/5/2008. Las Vegas Sun
Labor-management tensions at the Tropicana escalated Monday, with the Culinary Union calling on the corporate owners to publicly apologize for dismissing employees’ payroll and security concerns at the property.

Trop dragging down gaming, Culinary says 
2/1/2008. Las Vegas Sun
The Culinary Union has raised the stakes in its contract dispute with the Tropicana, asking state regulators to investigate whether cuts in security staff led to an increase in crime at the casino.

Contract talks due to resume between Union, Tropicana 
11/26/2007. Associated Press
Contract talks are due to resume this week between the owners of the Tropicana and unions representing Nevada hotel and casino workers, officials said.

Culinary workers approve deal with Mission 
11/14/2007. Las Vegas Review-Journal
The people who wash the linens for Las Vegas resorts will soon get the same health benefits as the people who change the sheets. Members of Culinary Local 226 voted Tuesday to ratify a labor deal with a firm that washes 1 million pounds of hotel and restaurant linens per day.

 

 

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