About 10,000 of the union’s workers laid off during the Covid-19 pandemic never returned, often because they weren’t called back, Pappageorge told reporters Wednesday.

The agreements also expand recall rights for employees who are furloughed during another pandemic, economic crisis, or natural disaster, giving them the option to return for up to three years. Employees laid off due to technology will get enhanced severance and health-care benefits. The agreements also require companies to bargain over any technology that tracks worker movements. Ĭompanies must notify the union six months before the introduction of new technology and provide training to workers whose jobs are affected, union Secretary-Treasurer Ted Pappageorge said earlier this month. The agreements also include a host of protections against AI, automation, and robotics that could eliminate front-line workers such as hotel check-in clerks and bartenders. The contract offers a 32% increase over the five-year agreement, including wages and benefits, topping out at an hourly rate equivalent to $37, union spokeswoman Bethany Khan said Wednesday ahead of the vote results announcement. Workers at all three companies will get a pay raise of about $3 an hour in the first year, according to the union.

Labor leaders called the agreement historic even as they acknowledged it won’t be enough to keep up with skyrocketing cost of living. The agreements cover about 35,000 workers at more than a dozen properties, including Caesars Palace, the Bellagio, and Wynn Las Vegas. and MGM Resorts International, according to Culinary Workers Union Local 226. Las Vegas hospitality workers have approved a deal with Wynn Resorts Ltd., clinching a five-year agreement that offers pay raises and guardrails against the looming threat of artificial intelligence.įive-thousand unionized Wynn workers nearly unanimously voted to ratify the final piece of a $2 billion deal that includes workers at Caesars Entertainment Corp.

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