The Culinary Local 226 union fired back Thursday in response to a Las Vegas Convention Center food service worker’s allegation that the union wrongfully took dues from her.
Rebecca Swank, an employee of food service provider Sodexo, alleged in a National Labor Relations Board filing earlier this month that the union, the largest in Nevada, took “full union dues” from her paycheck despite her objections to union membership and dues payments.
Swank alleged in the filing that the union took dues from her paycheck, despite “two written letters” where Swank alleges that she “revoked any dues check-off.”
In a statement posted to the union’s website Thursday evening, however, Secretary-Treasurer Ted Pappageorge called the claims “false” and promised to fight the accusations.
