MEDIA ADVISORY FOR ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCE—Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 11:00am ET
Contact: Meghan Cohorst, 239-503-1533, mcohorst@unitehere.org
RSVP: https://forms.gle/KuULa5CNZs6XBnrA7
UNITE HERE to host video conference to provide an update on the gaming industry and to call on casino companies to take care of their workers
WHAT: Zoom video conference with UNITE HERE union leadership, casino workers, and elected affiliate leaders to discuss the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the gaming industry, which has closed all casinos and dramatically impacted tens of thousands of workers nationwide. UNITE HERE will call on the industry to leverage its unique financial and political position to ensure economic and health care protections for workers.
WHO:
- D. Taylor, UNITE HERE International President
- Geoconda Argüello-Kline, Secretary-Treasurer of Culinary Workers Union Local 226 — Las Vegas
- Marlene Patrick Cooper, President of UNITE HERE Local 23 — New Orleans & Biloxi, MS
- Bob McDevitt, President of UNITE HERE Local 54 — Atlantic City
- UNITE HERE union members from Biloxi, Las Vegas, and Atlantic City
WHEN: Thursday, April 9 at 11:00am ET / 8:00am PT
WHERE: Zoom; RSVP here for conference information: https://forms.gle/KuULa5CNZs6XBnrA7
WHY: UNITE HERE members have long worked in the established gaming markets of Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and the Mississippi/Lousiana Gulf Coast.
Over 100,000 UNITE HERE members work in the gaming industry, and 100% of them are not working with casinos darkened as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. While some industry leaders have stepped up to ensure workers are taken care of during this crisis, too many others have not.
Call participants will provide updates on the industry, call for immediate action on the part of all casino companies, and take questions.
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UNITE HERE is the largest union of gaming workers in the world, representing over 100,000 members in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Louisiana, Mississippi, California, and several other US states. More than 95% of UNITE HERE’s total union membership of 300,000 is currently idled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.