MGM workers cast 99 percent of votes for Culinary contract, as union’s attention moves to other Las Vegas Strip and downtown properties

Tuesday, November 21, 2023 8:13 PM
Photo:  Culinary Workers Union Local 226 (courtesy)
  • McKenna Ross, Las Vegas Review-Journal

Union members at MGM Resorts International voted 99 percent in favor of a new five-year contract with the Strip’s largest employer during a Tuesday vote.

Culinary Local 226 held two sessions of ratification votes for the roughly 25,000 members that work at an MGM property on the Strip.

It passed fashion to how the Caesars Entertainment workers overwhelmingly approved their contract on Monday with 99 percent in favor.

Culinary officials said every worker will get a 10 percent wage increase in the first year of the contract, retroactive to June 1, with a 32-percent increase over the total life of the contract. The average worker earns about $26 an hour, including benefits.