Some 53,000 are based in Las Vegas and are in active negotiations with casino/hotel employers for a new five-year contract. The Culinary Union represents 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada.

The Culinary Union, which is now authorized to call for a strike at any date or time, has not yet set a strike deadline and continues negotiating in good faith with all gaming companies. Now, the negotiating committee of the Culinary and Bartender unions is authorized to call for a strike at 22 casino resorts properties on the Las Vegas Strip owned by the area’s largest employers: MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment Corp., and Wynn/Encore Resorts. Members of the Culinary Local Workers Union 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165 have voted 95% in favor and 5% against to authorize a citywide strike, after tens of thousands of hospitality workers packed the Thomas and Mack Center on campus at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in two sessions to cast their votes on September 26. Members of the Culinary Local Workers Union 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165 outside the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada | Courtesy of Culinary Local Workers Union 226

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