MEDIA ADVISORY FOR:
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
MEDIA CONTACT:
Bethany Khan: bkhan@cwu226.org ▪ (702) 387-7088
Culinary Union to host a press conference with AG Ford, Reps. Titus, Horsford, and Lee after the U.S. Supreme Court issues ruling in favor of Station Casinos workers who have been organizing to win a contract -
Las Vegas, NV - Culinary Union to host a press conference with Attorney General Aaron Ford, Congressional representatives Dina Titus, Steven Horsford, and Susie Lee after the U.S. Supreme Court issues a ruling in favor of workers who have been organizing to win a first-time union contract.
WHO:
*Ted Pappageorge, Secretary-Treasurer for the Culinary Union
*Diana Valles, President of the Culinary Union
*Attorney General Aaron Ford
*Congressional representatives Dina Titus, Steven Horsford, and Susie Lee
*Station Casinos workers
WHAT: Culinary Union press conference with AG Ford, NV Reps Titus, Horsford, and Lee
WHEN: Tuesday, October 27, 2026 from 10:30am-11:30am.
A livestream will be available. Event not open to the public. Media must RSVP to Bethany Khan for access.
WHERE: Culinary Union HQ (5241 Spring Mountain Road Las Vegas, Nevada 89146).
WHY:
Red Rock Casino workers won. On September 4, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Station Casinos' emergency attempt to block the federal order requiring Red Rock Casino to recognize and negotiate with the Culinary Union and that order is now in effect.
Workers at Red Rock Casino voted to unionize in 2019 and have waited nearly seven years for this moment. For the sake of their employees and the Las Vegas community, it is time for Station Casinos to move forward and negotiate a fair contract now.
By federal court order, Station Casinos must post National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) notices at Red Rock Casino, Boulder Station, and Palace Station that state:
*WE WILL NOT display campaign material during a representation election containing photographs of you without your consent and without a disclaimer stating that the campaign material is not intended to reflect the views of the employees appearing in it.
*WE WILL, to the extent we have not already done so, remove, or request Station Casinos to remove, images of employees that were posted on Station Casinos’ antiunion website beginning in late November 2019 without the employees’ consent.
The notices at Boulder Station and Palace Station also state:
*WE WILL NOT in any like or related manner interfere with, restrain, or coerce you in the exercise of the rights listed above.
The notice at Red Rock Casino also includes the following:
*WE WILL NOT coercively question you about your union membership, activities, sympathies, and/or support for Local Joint Executive Board of Las Vegas affiliated with Unite Here International Union (the Union).
*WE WILL NOT promise, announce, or grant benefits to you in order to discourage you from selecting union representation.
*WE WILL NOT threaten you with the loss, withholding, or withdrawal of benefits if you select union representation.
*WE WILL NOT threaten you with job loss as a result of a strike if you select union representation.
*WE WILL NOT threaten you with unspecified reprisals if you select union representation.
*WE WILL NOT threaten you that selecting a union representative would be futile.
*WE WILL NOT discipline you because of your support for and activities on behalf of the Union.
*WE WILL NOT discriminatorily assign you work because of your support for and activities on behalf of the Union.
*WE WILL NOT fail to recall or reinstate you from laid-off status because of your support for and activities on behalf of the Union.
*WE WILL NOT fail and refuse to recognize and bargain with the Union as the exclusive collective-bargaining representative of our employees in the bargaining unit.
*WE WILL NOT change your terms and conditions of employment without first notifying the Union and giving it an opportunity to bargain.
*WE WILL NOT in any other manner interfere with, restrain, or coerce you in the exercise of the rights listed above.
*WE WILL, before implementing any changes in wages, hours, or other terms and conditions of employment of unit employees, notify and, on request, bargain with the Union as the exclusive collective-bargaining representative of our employees in the bargaining unit.
*WE WILL rescind the changes in the terms and conditions of employment for our unit employees that were unilaterally implemented on June 4, 2020.
Over 5,300 workers unionized at eight Station Casinos properties before the pandemic and since 2021, the company has been subject to one of the largest labor law enforcement cases in U.S. history.
Station Casinos just had the best financial quarter in its history. Workers have helped build that success and securing a fair union contract at Red Rock Casino is how Las Vegas moves forward together.
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ABOUT CULINARY UNION:
Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165, Nevada affiliates of UNITE HERE, represent 60,000 workers in Las Vegas and Reno, including at most of the casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip and in Downtown Las Vegas. UNITE HERE represents 300,000 workers in gaming, hotel, and food service industries in North America.
The Culinary Union, through the Culinary Health Fund, is one of the largest healthcare consumers in the state. The Culinary Health Fund is sponsored by the Culinary Union and Las Vegas-area employers. It provides health insurance coverage for over 120,000 Nevadans, the Culinary Union’s members, and their dependents.
The Culinary Union is Nevada’s largest Latino/a, Black, AAPI, immigrant organization with members who come from 178 countries and speak over 40 different languages. We are proud to have helped over 18,000 immigrants become American citizens and new voters since 2001 through our affiliate, The Citizenship Project.
The Culinary Union has a diverse membership which is 55% women and 60% immigrants. The demographics of Culinary Union members are approximately: 54% Latino/a, 18% white, 15% Asian, 12% Black, and less than 1% Indigenous Peoples.
Culinary Union members work as: Guest room attendants, cocktail and food servers, porters, bellmen, cooks, bartenders, laundry, and kitchen workers. The Culinary Union has been fighting and winning for working families in Nevada for 90 years.
CulinaryUnion226.org / @Culinary226
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