American Indian casinos are big business in the United States, with an estimated 280,000 people employed across more than 400 sites.
That huge workforce is largely unorganized. Only a few such casinos recognize union contracts. Among them is North America's largest gaming center, Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut.
Its dealers recently struck a deal after a lengthy dispute with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe. What makes this agreement different is that it was brokered under tribal law.
Michigan Morning Sun Tribe denies federal labor jurisdiction
Friday, September 18, 2009 6:17 AM EDT
By PATRICIA ECKER
Sun Staff Writer
The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe stands firm on the position that their "casino workforce" does not fall under the National Labor Relations Act with regard to labor relation issues because they are a sovereign nation.
Press of Atlantic City Local 54 approves Harrah's Entertainment contract
By EMILY PREVITI Staff Writer, 609-272-7221 | Posted: Monday, September 28, 2009
ATLANTIC CITY - Local 54 of UNITE-HERE members at four casinos approved a two-year contract Monday that will maintain employee health and retirement benefits, grant raises to most employees and boost protections for workers facing layoffs amid a recession and looming competition from out-of-state gaming halls.
NLRB Ruling on Atlantic City Sets Stage for Foxwoods
Friday, 18 April 2008 07:23
NORWICH, CT — "We're hopeful this sets the stage for certification of our union vote at Foxwoods. Ballys' appeal of the Atlantic City dealer's union vote was fundamentally the same as the objections pending for Foxwoods - management claiming a translated ballot was needed," said Wei-Ching Siu, a part-time table games dealer at Foxwoods. "We're pleased that the Labor Board agreed: we may speak many languages, but we all know how to say 'Union yes!'."
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