More than 200 casino workers at Horseshoe Indianapolis walked off the job at noon on Friday, October 17th, launching a strike to demand immediate union recognition from management.
The striking employees—table game dealers and dual-rate workers—are fighting to join Teamsters Local 135. Their action follows the indefinite postponement of their union election, which had been scheduled for today.
The planned vote to unionize was suspended after the federal government shutdown forced the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to halt operations. With the NLRB unable to oversee or certify the election, the workers lost their formal pathway to union representation.
