MEDIA ADVISORY FOR
July 10, 2015
Media Contact:
Bethany Khan ▪ BKhan@culinaryunion226.org ▪ (702) 387-7088
Community to Picket Palace Station
Clergy leaders, Culinary and Bartenders Union members, and Teamsters casino workers from the Strip and Downtown to join Station Casinos workers on Friday to demonstrate that it’s time for Station Casinos to respect its employees.
What: Community picket of Palace Station
Who: Local faith leaders, community organizations, Teamsters Union members, Culinary and Bartenders Union members, and Station Casinos workers
When: Friday, July 10, 2015. Picket line at Palace Station from 5-7pm.
Where: Palace Station (2411 West Sahara Avenue).
Station Casinos is the worst labor law violator in the history of the Nevada gaming industry. The NLRB found the company guilty of violating its employees’ rights 88 times. A majority of Station workers -- in classifications represented by the Culinary and Bartenders Unions -- have signed a petition calling for a fair process to decide whether to unionize free from management interference, intimidation, bullying, and litigation.
Station Casinos is the third largest private-sector employer in Las Vegas. It has nine large hotel-casinos located in nearly every neighborhood in Las Vegas. There is a major labor dispute at: Red Rock Resort, Green Valley Ranch, Boulder Station, Santa Fe Station, Sunset Station, Palace Station, Texas Station, Fiesta Rancho, and Fiesta Henderson.
The Culinary Union has created an online resource about the on-going labor dispute at these Station Casinos properties: www.VegasTravelAlert.org/Stations. The public and event/ conference planners are urged to contact the Culinary Union to discuss labor-peaceful alternatives to utilizing these properties.
Culinary Workers Local 226 and Bartenders Local 165, Nevada affiliates of UNITE HERE, represent over 55,000 workers in Las Vegas and Reno, including at most of casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip. UNITE HERE represents 270,000 workers in gaming, hotel, and food service industries in North America.
www.CulinaryUnion226.org / @Culinary226
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