It’s a sure bet that workers at the Encore casino will go on strike sometime soon.
Roughly 1,350 members of UNITE HERE Local 26 and Teamsters Local 25 voted Thursday night to authorize a strike at the Everett casino.
“We’re not asking for anything unreasonable; we’re asking to be respected and fairly compensated for the work we do,” said Sem Avdic, a warehouse worker and member of Teamsters Local 25. “That’s why we voted the way we did. Nobody wants to strike. But nobody is going to keep making Wynn rich while our own families fall behind.”
Sean O’Brien, who recently won reelection as Teamsters president, has told the Herald the union has a Strike Defense Fund with about $365 million in the bank, allowing the union to back workers who hit the picket line.
