Shelbyville casino workers plan to strike for union recognition as an election planned for Friday is “delayed indefinitely” due to the government shutdown.
The National Labor Relations Board is the federal agency tasked with enforcing the National Labor Relations Act, in part by overseeing union elections. The agency’s homepage currently bears a banner stating that it is “closed to due a lapse in appropriated funds.”
Teamsters Local 135 President Dustin Roach told IBJ that the group at Horseshoe Indianapolis had proposed to casino management the idea of maintaining the original NLRB election date, Oct. 17, using a neutral third party to conduct the vote.
