Video / RECAP: Spring 2026

RECAP: Spring 2026

For nearly a century, the Culinary Union has been the beating heart of working-class power in this state, and we will continue to organize, strike, and vote to protect what our parents and grandparents built. 🪧 One Job Should Be Enough Allegiant Stadium is the highest-grossing stadium in the United States and the workers who have made this venue successful should not be treated as second-class workers or earn less than the Las Vegas standard. More than 730 cooks, servers, bartenders, and concessions workers have been negotiating for a fair contract since summer of 2025. OVG took over and assumed this contract, but now the company needs to step up, respect these workers, and settle a fair contract that delivers the Las Vegas standard. Nothing less. 📉 Trump Slump Workers are living through what we call the ‘Trump Slump’ and it’s showing up in their hours and their paychecks. This administration’s chaotic trade and immigration policies have put a serious chill on travel and tourism. That means fewer hours, less tips, and hard conversations at kitchen tables. Instead of addressing the real cost‑of‑living crisis: Housing, utility bills, groceries, and health care - this administration is waging a war on working families and our economy. Las Vegas is a hospitality‑dependent economy and we need policies that welcome visitors, respects workers, and strengthens our state, and we’re going to keep organizing and fighting for a real course correction. ✊🏾 No Taxes on Tips Right now, Las Vegas is facing a real crisis in travel and tourism. The Trump Slump is real and it’s here. Last year, visitation in Las Vegas was down 8%, while nationally it was down over 6% at a time when every other major country saw increases. When tourism slumps, Culinary Union members feel it first with less hours, schedule reductions for part‑timers, and layoffs in tipped jobs. At the same time, the so‑called ‘No Taxes On Tips’ changes are temporary and deeply flawed: They penalize married tip earners, exclude many automatic gratuities, and give permanent tax cuts to billionaires while workers get short‑term relief. That’s why we’re gearing up for the fight. We’re pushing back on bad IRS policies, demanding real transparency and fair rates, organizing tipped earners, talking to political leaders, and running our own members for office - so the working families who power this city have a real voice and a future where they can thrive. 🗳️ We Vote, We Win! Culinary Union congratulates Congressional Representatives Dina Titus, Steven Horsford, and Susie Lee, Democratic candidate for Governor, Aaron Ford, as well as State Senator Edgar Flores, State Senator James Ohrenschall, Assemblymember and Culinary Union Shop Steward Linda Hunt, and Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom on their victories in the 2026 Primary Election. This country is in a crisis with gas, groceries, rent, and especially healthcare prices through the roof. As Nevada visitation faces the biggest non-pandemic tourism drop since the 1970s, working families are getting squeezed. We are fighting back, but we can’t win alone. We need fighters and warriors who will stand with us and take on the hospital corporations that are driving prices up. That’s why we fought hard during this primary to re-elect Edgar Flores, James Ohrenschall, Linda Hunt, and Tick Segerblom. They’ve been with us from the picket lines to the legislature and they will continue to fight with us to lower costs, work to protect our healthcare, and stand up to corporate price gouging. 🎞️ WATCH new video of the Culinary Union's fights and wins in 2026!