Casino strike call.Casino casino or cassino (both: kəsē`nō). 1 Card game played with a full deck by two to four players. Its origins are obscure though it probably traces back to the Italian game of Scopa. workers have voted to strike following a dispute over a pay deal. Staff at Stanley's Casinos voted four to one in favour of action after rejecting a 3.2% pay offer. Staff at the firm's 41 casinos in England and Scotland, including the Stanley Casino in Newcastle's Forth Street, are to walk out if pay talks are not reopened on June 27. The GMB GMB (in Britain) General, Municipal and Boilermakers (Trade Union) say some croupiers, chefs, receptionists, cleaners, security and waiting staff are on pounds 10,000-a-year. The union say Stanley's report a profit of pounds 26m in their 2004 accounts and is hoping to expand its business into mega-casinos when legislation allows. |
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