Nevada’s influential Culinary Workers Union on Wednesday condemned comments made by Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman (I) who said that measures to safely reopen businesses in the city were “up to them to figure out.”
"In Las Vegas, we've had 11 Culinary Union members die because of COVID-19. The mayor's statements are outrageous considering essential frontline workers have been dealing with the consequences of this crisis firsthand,” Culinary Union Secretary-Treasurer Geoconda Argüello-Kline said in a statement Wednesday, according to a Las Vegas ABC affiliate.
“The Culinary Union supports Governor [Steve] Sisolak's plans to protect Nevadans. We encourage listening to health experts and scientists,” she added.
“The Culinary Union is a majority of women and people of color, and we are not expendable. Workers will be the reason we get through this pandemic, and workers have to be protected. We demand it."
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