Culinary Workers Union 226 Launches Website about Labor Dispute with Tropicana Las Vegas.Business Editors LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2003 Today, the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 is launching a new website for potential visitors and conventions about its labor dispute with the Tropicana Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. Hotel and Casino: www.LVTropicanaAlert.info. Visitors to the website can read news about the labor dispute, get links to alternative hotel accommodations in Las Vegas, register for email updates, and find other information of interest to customers. In April, negotiations between the Culinary and Bartenders Unions and the Tropicana failed to produce a new agreement to replace the one that expired last year. The Tropicana's parent company is Aztar Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AZR AZR Azureus (BitTorrent client) AZR assign zone restriction lists (US DoD) ). The key obstacle to resolving the Las Vegas contract concerns Aztar's refusal to agree to priority hiring for existing employees if the company proceeds with plans to redevelop the Tropicana. "Priority hiring has been an important issue for Culinary Union members ever since Sheldon Adelson Sheldon Gary Adelson (born August 1, 1933)[1] is an American billionaire businessman. He is a property developer and public company CEO based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. imploded im·plode v. im·plod·ed, im·plod·ing, im·plodes v.intr. To collapse inward violently. v.tr. 1. To cause to collapse inward violently. 2. the Las Vegas Sands Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) is a casino resort company based in Las Vegas, Nevada and majority owned by one of the world's richest men, Sheldon Adelson. Las Vegas Sands chairman Sheldon Adelson, the world's sixth richest man, has said that his company will soon be and refused to give the workers first crack at jobs in the new facility. Many of those longtime workers never saw their jobs again," said Genevieve Parente, a Culinary Union spokesperson. The unresolved negotiations allow Tropicana workers to take economic action against the company, which could include customer leafleting, picketing, boycott actions, or a strike. "It is unfortunate that by not agreeing to priority hiring, the company is also doing its guests a disservice. This labor dispute could substantially affect customer service and inconvenience customers. The website provides potential guests and conventions with information about the hotel and updates about the labor dispute they are not likely to get from management," said Parente. The Culinary and Bartenders Unions represent approximately 1,400 employees at the Tropicana in Las Vegas. |
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