The Culinary Academy of Las Vegas is Nevada’s largest joint labor-management training center for hospitality in the region. It’s jointly run by the Culinary and Bartenders Unions, a part of the nationwide UNITE HERE union, in 29 properties on the Las Vegas Strip and elsewhere in the city. The academy trains workers in various positions, including as cooks or in hotel operations, to advance their careers.
Preparing workers for a changing workforce is on the mind of UNITE HERE, the nation’s largest hospitality worker union. In 2018, the union negotiated contracts covering thousands of Las Vegas workers that require management to communicate with the union when considering bringing in new technology, such as self-service checkout kiosks or room service delivery robots.