The movement for workers’ rights in Atlantic City will move forward, United Auto Workers (UAW) leaders said, following Saturday's vote against union representation by cashiers at Caesars casino.
Sixty-five percent of those participating in the election voted against union representation, while 35 percent voted in favor. “The result of one election is not going to slow down a growing movement for worker rights in Atlantic City,” said Joe Ashton, director of UAW Region 9, which includes New Jersey. “We’ve had five organizing wins here so far this year. Dealers, keno and simulcast employees at Caesar’s are bargaining with management right now, and workers at other houses are getting ready to bargain.”
A majority of casino dealers at Caesars, Bally’s and Trump Plaza and Tropicana voted in favor of UAW representation earlier this year. Slot technicians at Caesars voted on Aug. 23 to form their own union.
“We obviously would have preferred a different result today, but the overall picture is that more and more workers in the gaming industry want to be part of our union,” said UAW Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Bunn, who directs the union’s Technical, Office and Professional Department. “Casino workers want to improve their workplaces, and the UAW is going to help them every way we can.”
The UAW, one of the nation’s largest and most diverse labor unions, represents 7,000 gaming employees in Detroit, Atlantic City and Newport, R.I. Organizing drives are also under way at Casino Aztar in Evansville, Ind., and Foxwoods casino in Connecticut. Source: International Union, UAW
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