A poll commissioned by the Las Vegas Culinary Union discovered that 59 percent of all interviewed cocktail servers and 27 percent of all interviewed housekeepers have been plagued sexually by casino resorts guests, members of their management group or other individuals while at their office.
The report’s findings have been made public earlier this week and in that time when members of the city’s UNITE HERE Culinary and Bartenders Unions are gearing up for a possible strike next month if discussions over better contract terms with local casino operators come into a stall.
More than 50,000 people will walk off their jobs in June in what is the first important citywide employees ’ strike since 1984 when workers staged continuous rallies that lasted for 67 days.
Union members’ contracts are set to expire midnight May 31. There have been continuing negotiations over the debut of stronger safety and sexual harassment protections in the office with the owners of a total of 34 Strip and downtown Las Vegas casinos. However, the negotiating parties have generally been failing to reach an accord for quite some time now.
A citywide employees ’ vote happened last week and of all 25,000 union voters who cast their vote, 99% accepted a hit . The vote consequently licensed the involved unions to call a hit as soon as Friday, June 1.
What’s Triggered Workers’ Call for Improved Safety Standards?
News about Las Vegas casino workers protesting against their work surroundings emerged amid multiple sexual harassment and sexual misconduct allegations against casino mogul Steve Wynn and only several months after the October 1 fatal mass shooting where a lone gunman opened fire on a music festival crowd in the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay, killing 58 people and injuring more than 500 others.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. and MGM Resorts International (proprietor of Mandalay Bay), that function the greatest number of properties around the Las Vegas Strip, are engaged in active negotiations with workers over the safety improvements needed, based on separate statements from the involved unions and also the operators themselves.
A few of the suggestions discussed contained policies addressing and aiming to stop sexual harassment incidents as well as safety buttons for workers attending to guest rooms. The Culinary and Bartender Unions have stated that discussions over those particular matters happen to be productive and the two operators are receptive to the suggestions made. However, it appears that a final solution to the issues has eluded the negotiating parties.
It was known that MGM has already provided housekeepers and other staff members with safety buttons and it might seem to add contract language that protects its employees in any kind of harassment in the office. Caesars has, also, stated in a recent statement that it was optimistic about reaching a deal on all vital topics discussed.
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