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Every Major Las Vegas Casino Just Made History For Its Workers

For the first time in its 90-year history, the Culinary Workers Union has achieved something that once seemed completely out of reach: every major casino on the Las Vegas Strip is now fully unionized. The milestone was sealed when the Venetian, one of the last significant holdouts on the Strip after a full 25 years of resisting organizing efforts, finally signed a labor contract alongside the Strip’s newest casino, the Fontainebleau. The Culinary Union now proudly represents 60,000 hospitality workers across Nevada, making it the largest labor union in the entire state, and the achievement stands out as a remarkable exception at a time when union membership nationwide has been steadily declining for decades. For workers like Susana Pacheco, a housekeeper and single mother who spent years exhausted, uninsured, and falling behind on bills during her time at the Venetian, the change has already been deeply felt in her everyday life, from a more manageable workload to better pay and guaranteed days off.

The newly finalized contracts secured a historic 32% pay increase over five years, with union casino workers on track to earn an average of 35 dollars per hour including benefits by the time the deal runs its course. Workers also receive free family health insurance, reliable annual raises, pensions, and strong job protections that guarantee priority rehiring for up to three years if they are ever laid off during a downturn. Union leaders call this model the Las Vegas dream, a vision of hospitality work as a lasting and dignified career rather than a temporary stop, a place where someone can comfortably build 20, 30, or even 40 years of stable working life. In a city built entirely on chance, the workers who keep the lights blazing along the Strip have quietly and decisively stacked the odds in their own favor.

Source: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/all-major-las-vegas-strip-casinos-are-unionized-defying-the-national-trend

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