(23 Nov 2024)
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Las Vegas – 22 November 2024
1. Union members start walking to Virgin hotel
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) D Taylor, former International President of UNITE HERE:
“The company was saying that strikers had to go inside, cross the picket line to get their pay for paychecks. We’ve been on so many strikes. No employer has ever, ever requested that. So we said, no, we want to be there. You got to bring them out because we’re not going to have people go inside when they’re on strike. We’re worried about their safety.”
3. group walking to casino entrance
SOUNDBITE (English) D Taylor, former International President of UNITE HERE:
“the strikers don’t want to have to put up with either intimidation, threats or fear. They want to be able to get their check in peace"
5. group celebrating with checks in hand
6. SOUNDBITE (English) D Taylor, former International President of UNITE HERE:
“Well, they brought the checks out for the people and they don’t want us to continuously do this all day. So they said, send them a list, but we’ll see if they don’t properly bring the paychecks out here or in a designated place off property will be going back to that front door several times today.”
7. Protesters by hotel sign
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Blanca Napoles, striking union member:
“I think that the union asked for paper checks, and they wouldn’t give them to them. I couldn’t cross the line toward the casino. That’s why we did this.”
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9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Blanca Napoles, striking union member:
“We continue firm fighting for our contract. We, our coworkers, all of us firm to achieve what all of us want."
10. Crowd celebrating
STORYLINE:
Picketing is continuing outside a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip and F1 race track
The Culinary Workers Union walkout began Friday at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. Members are striking for a new contract, including a raise comparable to pay at other Las Vegas resorts. The strike continues as second annual Las Vegas Grand Prix brings racing to the Strip.
Culinary members approached the hotel-casino in a effort to get employees there printed checks with out needing to cross the picket line. D Taylor, former International President of UNITE HERE said “The company was saying that strikers had to go inside, cross the picket line to get their paychecks. We’ve been on so many strikes. No employer has ever, ever requested that. So we said, no… You got to bring them out because we’re not going to have people go inside when they’re on strike. We’re worried about their safety.”
The workers did receive there checks.
The walkout is the first since 2002 for the largest labor union in Nevada. Other properties on and off the Strip reached deadline agreements with the union just before the Formula 1 race a year ago. Those five-year contracts contained salary increases of about 32%.
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