About 3,700 workers at Detroit’s three casinos walked off the job at noon Tuesday after negotiations failed to reach new contracts, according to unions representing the employees.
Dealers, cleaning staff, food and beverage workers, valets, engineers and others are on strike at MGM Grand, MotorCity Casino Hotel and Hollywood Casino at Greektown.
The Detroit Casino Council — which includes the UAW, Unite Here Local 24, Teamsters Local 1038, Operating Engineers Local 324 and the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and represents the workers — has said it wants wages that keep up with inflation, retirement security, technology protections and other gains.
Hundreds of MGM Grand Detroit workers walked out of the casino Tuesday afternoon, They paced the sidewalks surrounding the casino, carrying signs that read “Detroit Casino Workers Need a Raise” and “Don’t Gamble with our Future.”
