Foxwoods Casino Dealers Reach Historic Tentative Contract
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More than a year after contract negotiations began, some 2,500 casino dealers at Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand in Connecticut, members of UAW Local 2121, have a tentative settlement for a first contract. Foxwoods/MGM, owned by the Mashantucket Pequot tribe, is the largest gaming complex in the country.
If ratified, the contract would provide an average 12 percent increase in wages over two years and establish a more equitable distribution of tips. The contract also creates what the union describes as “an industry model” for job safety, including programs to reduce repetitive stress injuries, a major extension of medical leave time for workers out with serious illnesses for more than six months and a unique 24-table “smoke-free pit” for workers and customers.
