The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians faces a labor shortage so severe at its two casinos in the N.C. mountains that tribal leaders are considering workers from other countries and housing them in multiple dorms.
Nearly 800 “good-paying jobs with benefits” are unfilled at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort and another 90 at Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino in Murphy, tribal council member Boyd Owle said at a March 3 council meeting, according to a recording of the meeting on the tribe’s website.
The July opening of the Catawba Indians’ Two Kings Casino Resort in Kings Mountain 35 minutes from Charlotte made the need for foreign workers more pressing, Cherokee leaders said at the meeting.
