Las Vegas: Chippendales’ union files unfair labor practices complaint over wages, working conditions

Sunday, December 22, 2024 12:30 PM
Photo:  By C Jill Reed - Chippendales post showUploaded by SaltyBoatr, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6667777
  • Greg Haas, KLAS-TV

Chippendales aren’t getting the respect they deserve, according to the Actors’ Equity Association.

The iconic performers for the all-male revue have been in residence at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for more than two decades. They joined the union in October. They anticipated a voluntary move to improve wages and working conditions. Now, as the act prepares to move to the Mat Franco Theater at The Linq in January, the union has filed an Unfair Labor Practices complaint with the National Labor Relations Board.

Union representatives say the Chippendales have been targeted by union-busting tactics, forced to reaudition and reapply for their jobs.