Deal between casino and hotel worker unions and Downtown Las Vegas casinos are moving along, and only could lead the Golden Gate and Binion’s are yet to agree on a contract.

The deal covers 4,400 workers from the Culinary Local 226 and Bartenders Local 165 at Boyd Gaming’s Main Street Station and Fremont casinos, as well as the Golden Nugget, Plaza, Las Vegas Club, Western El Cortez, Fitzgerald’s and Four Queens.

Pilar Weiss, political director for the union, said a job security provision similar to a provision that was part of the union’s contract at the Stardust, also owned by Boyd, provided much-desired job security in the area. The provision protected workers when the Stardust closed, and by accepting a similar provision in the new contract for its

Downtown properties, Weiss said Boyd cleared the way for other casinos to do the same.
“They sort of set the bar with some of that language with the Stardust,” Weiss said.

Jeremy Aguero, with the Las Vegas research firm Applied Analysis, said that making job security an issue in labor talks shows that both the union and casino operators are looking at long-term prospects for the Downtown market.

“They are all sort of gambling on what’s going to happen next downtown,” he said.

By Casino Connection Staff

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