MEDIA ADVISORY
December 9, 2014
Media Contact:
Bethany Khan ▪ BKhan@culinaryunion226.org ▪ (702) 387-7088
Station Casinos Workers to Deliver Coal to Company at Its Flagship Casino
On Thursday, December 11, 2014, clergy leaders, community allies, and union casino workers from the Strip and Downtown will join Station Casinos workers in a rally at Red Rock Casino Resort at 5pm and to deliver lumps of coal to the Summerlin-based company.
What: Over 2,000 to rally at Red Rock Casino and deliver coal to the Station Casinos headquarters
Who: Local faith leaders, community allies, Culinary and Bartenders Unions members, and Station Casinos workers
When: Rally on Thursday, December 11, 2014 at 5pm. Coal delivery at 5:30pm.
Where: 11011 West Charleston Boulevard (Red Rock Casino Resort)
Visuals: A rally on Charleston Boulevard in front of Red Rock Casino Resort. Clergy in their vestments praying at the rally. Workers and union leaders giving speeches. Station Casinos workers delivering lumps of coal to the front door of the casino.
Station Casinos is the worst labor law violator in the history of the Nevada gaming industry. The NLRB found them guilty of violating their 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 fourth largest private-sector employer in Las Vegas. It has nine large hotel-casinos: Red Rock Resort, Green Valley Ranch, Boulder Station, Santa Fe Station, Sunset Station, Palace Station, Texas Station, Fiesta Rancho, and Fiesta Henderson.
Red Rock Casino Resort lies in the heart of the Howard Hughes Corporation’s Summerlin Master Planned Community, which is poised for substantial commercial and residential growth. The casino resort is the flagship property and headquarters location for Station Casinos and thousands of union and Station Casinos workers have rallied and picketed at the property as a result of the high-profile and contentious labor dispute.
The Culinary Union has created an online resource about the on-going labor dispute at these Station properties: www.VegasTravelAlert.org/Stations. The public and event and conference planners are urged to contact the union to discuss 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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