A unionization effort involving hundreds of casino workers in Sacramento County has extended into a yearslong legal struggle.
The crux of the dispute is whether the Sky River Casino in Elk Grove must allow Unite Here Local 49 to represent its workers, due to an agreement the groups reached in 2017, or whether it can require an election among the workers, as detailed in tribal law.
“We are calling on Unite Here to hold a fair, secret ballot election,” Cammeron Hodson, president of the Wilton Rancheria gaming authority, said in an interview this week. The Wilton Rancheria opened Sky River Casino in 2022.
