Card dealers at Tropicana approve union representation

Submitted by Local256news on Sun, 08/26/2007 - 10:30pm.

 

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Full- and part-time card dealers at the Tropicana Casino and Resort have approved a bid to unionize.

The dealers voted 626-157 on Sunday to join the United Auto Workers, the union said.

"Workers are on a roll in Atlantic City," said Joe Ashton, director of UAW Region 9, which includes New Jersey.

The UAW has been pushing hard to organize workers at all of Atlantic City's 11 casinos. It has won elections at four gambling halls and lost at two others. Earlier this year, a majority of casino dealers at Caesars, Bally's and Trump Plaza voted for UAW representation.

On Thursday, slot technicians at Caesars Atlantic City casino approved a bid 20-11 to join the UAW.

Dealers at Caesars voted in March to unionize, while cashiers at the casino will make their decision on Sept. 1.

"It's very exciting for our union to be part of this growing movement in Atlantic City and elsewhere around the country," said UAW Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Bunn.

The UAW, one of the nation's largest labor unions, represents 6,000 gaming employees in Detroit, Atlantic City and Newport, R.I.

 

Copyright © 2007, The Associated Press


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Thanks for posting this

Submitted by Richard on Sun, 08/26/2007 - 10:45pm.

Thank you for taking the time to find this AP piece and posting it to the site. The first time it went up on the site the settings were all screwed up for some reason, so I fixed that -- but didn't change anything in the article.


Thanks again!

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very nice , just ad it to

Submitted by Joe638NYC on Sun, 08/26/2007 - 10:47pm.

very nice , just ad it to the other people who have recently unionized in the casino area , check out the article i posted about this secte's recent victories


Union's On The Rise - Some Recent Victories

 thanks for the News ,

Joe 

"I'd rather die on my feet , than live on my knee's"

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I'll definitely keep

Submitted by Local256news on Mon, 08/27/2007 - 8:48pm.

 

I'll definitely keep posting articles / stories as I find them.  Joe, I do remember seeing that one now that you remind me.  Good news is refreshing and necessary to post on this site along with the struggles. 

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