Hospitality workers and the resort industry in Las Vegas have until late September to finish contract negotiations or else their union will hold a strike vote, Culinary Local 226 announced Thursday.
The union said it will hold a strike vote on Sept. 26 at Thomas and Mack Center for more than 53,000 hospitality workers at Strip and Downtown Las Vegas properties. If a majority of the workers vote yes, the negotiating committee for Culinary and the associated Bartenders Local 165 will be authorized to call for a strike, according to a Thursday news release.
The union said it hasn’t set a strike deadline and continues good faith negotiations with the gaming companies. There have been multiple rounds of negotiations with the top three employers on the Strip — MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment and Wynn Resorts — but still have not reached tentative agreement for a new five-year contract. Properties have been operating under extensions since the last city-wide contract ended on June 1.