Workers at Detroit’s three casinos continued picketing a second day Wednesday, after negotiations between unions and casino leadership failed to reach new contracts earlier this week.
As of Wednesday afternoon, there had been no new negotiations since the unions went on strike Tuesday against MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity Casino Hotel and Hollywood Casino at Greektown., said Meghan Cohorst, spokesperson for Unite Here. No bargaining meetings have been scheduled.
The Detroit Casino Council, which represents 3,700 workers at the three casinos, and casino leaders remain “dollars apart” on wage increases, Cohorst said. The disagreement on pay is spread across job classifications.
“Workers are asking for pretty significant raises, given the concessions that they made over the course of the pandemic,” she said.
