Deal Reached to Avoid Super Bowl Strike

Rest easy, my friends. There well be no Super Bowl strike. The union that represents Las Vegas hospitality and culinary workers says it has canceled a strike deadline for one hotel-casino in downtown Las Vegas and reached a tentative agreement with six others. The agreements prevented a walkout on Monday morning, the first day of Super Bowl week in the city. A tentative five-year deal covering around 1,000 workers was reached between the Culinary Workers Union and the Golden Nugget, Binion’s, Four Queens, Fremont, and Main Street, the union reported on Saturday. A provisional agreement to avoid the Super Bowl…

Las Vegas Super Bowl Strike: What to Know

We are once again facing the threat of a work stoppage. A Las Vegas Super Bowl strike involving culinary and hospitality workers. This time over 8,000 workers at 20 resorts have set a date to walk off their jobs, which could leave a shortage of bartenders, waiters, porters, and house cleaning staff for the big game. Well, here we go again. Another big sporting event is headed for Sin City, and with it the threat of employees walking off their jobs, as a potential Las Vegas Super Bowl strike is this week’s big story. Back in November, 35,000 Las Vegas…