“Life can be hard out there so I understand what they're fighting for.”īethany Khan, the union's spokesperson, said terms of its deal with Caesars would be made public once approved. “I try to stand in solidarity with other workers,” he said. But he said if a tentative contract hadn't been reached and a strike coincided with his travel plans, he would have ditched his dinner reservations.

Guray said he didn't know that tens of thousands of hotel workers were in the middle of contract negotiations before he planned his trip. The only item on his itinerary? A dinner reservation with a friend at one of his favorite restaurants - Bacchanal, the luxury buffet at Caesars Palace. Outside Caesars Palace on Wednesday, Joshua Guray told The Associated Press he came in on a morning flight from Los Angeles and planned to be in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. The Culinary Workers Union had threatened to begin a strike in the pre-dawn hours Friday if negotiations failed.īut the union's tentative agreement with Caesars appeared to be providing the momentum needed for the union to win new contracts for all 35,000 of its members who have been working under expired contracts at 18 hotel-casinos. “This deal, when announced, will do just that.'

We know from listening to our employees that they are looking for a pay increase to combat inflation, among other concerns,” MGM Resorts CEO Bill Hornbuckle told investors in an earnings call at the same time negotiations were taking place in a casino ballroom. LAS VEGAS - (AP) - Following a breakthrough deal at dawn Wednesday between the Las Vegas hotel workers union and Caesars Entertainment, a tentative contract was taking shape for 20,000 hospitality workers at rival MGM Resorts International that experts say would almost certainly thwart an unprecedented strike on the Las Vegas Strip.

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