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Are all the hotels and casinos in Las Vegas unionized?

By Jannelle Calderon
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Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165 represent about 60,000 workers in Las Vegas and Reno, including non-gaming employees in most of the casino resorts on the Strip and in downtown Las Vegas.

Properties owned by Red Rock Resorts are among those that do not have contracts with the Culinary. These properties employ more than 10,000 people.

The Culinary is working to organize Sphere Las Vegas, The Venetian complex and Fontainebleau Las Vegas. As of late November, the union was negotiating with downtown Las Vegas casinos, including three Boyd Gaming resorts, operating under contract extensions.

Not every employee within a casino that has a contract with the Culinary is a member of the union. Some occupations and private vendors could be represented by a different union or not unionized, though the Culinary has attempted to organize employees at restaurants not owned by casinos.

This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one.
Sources
Culinary Union Local 226 Culinary Union launches campaign to organize 10,000 non-union restaurant workers in Las Vegas
FairHotel Boycott List
Las Vegas Review-Journal Dealers at 4 Las Vegas casinos vote to join United Auto Workers union
Focus Gaming News | Latest Gambling Industry News & Updates Boyd Gaming agrees with union
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