As Culinary Local 226 workers on the Las Vegas Strip prepare to strike if deals are not reached with casino resorts, they can look to an affiliated union for lessons and strategies.
Workers in Unite Here Local 11, representing 15,000 hotel workers in Los Angeles and Orange counties in California, have been conducting rolling work stoppages at various properties since their strike kicked off in July. Ted Pappageorge, the secretary-treasurer of Culinary Local 226, said the strike actions in California — and in other industries across the country — have similar sentiments to the labor activity in Las Vegas.
“They have our complete support,” Pappageorge said this week of Unite Here 11’s strike
