Caesars Casino Dealers Ratify First Contract with UAW
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Three years after joining the UAW, dealers at Caesars casino voted overwhelmingly in favor of their first contract, the second such pact approved by Atlantic City dealers in three months.
In August, casino dealers at the Tropicana Casino & Resort approved a historic first-ever contract for dealers in Atlantic City. The Caesars contract is similar to the Tropicana pact—both contain 18 percent raises.
Tropicana Dealers Ratify Historic Contract
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Casino dealers at the Tropicana Casino and Resort approved an historic first-ever contract for dealers in Atlantic City.
Ninety-one percent of the dealers who voted approved the five-year deal, which includes an 18 percent pay raise over term. More than 700 dealers work at the casino.
The Tropicana is one of four casinos in Atlantic City where thousands of workers voted to join the UAW three years ago. Full- and part-time dealers and slot techs at Caesars, Trump Plaza and Bally’s also voted to form their own unions, but casino operators either have refused to bargain or stalled the negotiating process. In March 2010, the Tropicana was acquired out of bankruptcy by a group of investors headed by financier Carl Icahn, and bargaining progressed with the new owners.
26,000 CWA Members Approve Pact with AT&T—and More Bargaining News
Some 26,000 CWA members ratify pact with AT&T in the Southwest, and more news from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily, bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 1,200 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work.
SETTLEMENTS
CWA, AT&T: AT&T workers in the Southwest ratified a new four-year contract. The 26,000 members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 6 had been working under a contract that expired April 4.
IUE-CWA, Dresser Rand: After nearly two years without a contract, workers at Dresser Rand’s Painted Post facility in New York ratified a contract, effective through March 1, 2013. The contract covers 340 members of IUE-CWA Local 313.
Casino Workers Form New Gaming Council
Casino workers from Atlantic City, Las Vegas, Detroit and Connecticut joined together today to carry out a broad organizing, bargaining and communications agenda.
The new Gaming Workers Council, which includes the UAW, Transport Workers (TWU) Gaming Division, the AFL-CIO and SEIU, also will reach out to other partners to support a common agenda on behalf of workers in the casino industry.
The group’s first order of business will be support for ongoing contract campaigns for casino dealers in Atlantic City. Says Sharon Masino, a casino dealer at Caesars in Atlantic City and a member of the UAW/AC Dealers Union:
With everybody joining together, we’ll be stronger than ever. We’re going to win good contracts in Atlantic City and move on to help casino workers all over the country.
