During contentious legislative hearings in April over proposals to create a Nevada lottery and end daily hotel room cleaning mandates, leaders of the union representing 60,000 non-gaming Strip and downtown resort employees criticized the ways casino company executives spent profits from last year’s record-setting $14.8 billion in statewide gaming revenue.
At the time, it appeared the battle lines were drawn for contentious contract negotiations with the union covering more than 40 gaming and non-gaming resorts in the Las Vegas area.
Nearly a month after the expiration of five-year contracts agreed to in 2018, representatives of Culinary Workers Local 226 and Bartenders Local 165 offered guarded commentary on the progress of the discussions, which began formally in April.
