Most importantly, it’s about being able to look your kid in the eye and say, ‘Honey, it’s going to be okay.”‘

“These workers understand better than just about anybody that a job is about more than just a paycheck.,” Biden said in a statement. President Joe Biden sent his congratulations to the union, saying hospitality workers should always be able to provide for their families. In a statement, Wynn Resorts said it was pleased to reach an agreement that “fulfills our shared goal of providing outstanding benefits and overall compensation to our employees in a work environment that is second to none.” The agreement covers about 5,000 union employees at the company’s flagship hotel-casino and Encore Resorts.Ĭhristine Cook, a uniform control attendant at Wynn, said in a statement provided by the union that her favorite parts of the new contract are “the wage increases and the retroactive pay because it will help my family and I have a better future and achieve our dreams.” Pappageorge said a vote will take place within the next two weeks. The proposed contracts need to be approved by the union’s rank and file. Agreements with MGM and Caesars - the Strip’s two largest employers - came earlier in the week, while the settlement with Wynn Resorts was announced just a few hours before the strike deadline. It was a message that Pappageorge and the workers would repeat for months as negotiations ramped up and the union threatened to go on strike if they didn’t have contracts by first light on Friday with MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment and Wynn Resorts.īut by dawn Friday, the union had secured tentative labor deals with all three companies, narrowly averting a sweeping strike at 18 hotel-casinos along the Strip. Without it, Pappageorge said in one of many news conferences since April, “the jobs of tens of thousands of workers are in jeopardy of cutbacks and reduction.”

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