In an Oct. 1 letter to Station Casinos CEO Frank Fertitta, Biden wrote that the company’s refusal to recognize a vote by workers to join the Culinary Workers Union last year was “deeply troubling” and “unlawful,” telling the executive and generous Republican donor that “these workers have earned their seat at the negotiating table and they are legally entitled to recognition.”
Although every major Democratic presidential hopeful has voiced their support for the Culinary Workers Union in its fight with Station Casinos, Biden was the first to take his condemnation straight to the casino chain’s top executive.