has been in negotiations with Virgin Hotels for five months without an agreement on a raise for workers’ wages. The hotel surpassed one strike deadline before missing the most recent deadline, prompting the strike.
“Workers need a raise and have been clear on what they deserve, but the company has been coming to the table with zeros for wages,” Union Secretary-Treasurer Ted Pappageorge said in a. “Culinary Union calls on Virgin Las Vegas to stop treating their workers as second-class, respect them, and agree that they are worth more than zero.
“Because the Union has not told us what agreements it believes are necessary to avoid a strike, we have asked the Union to join us in mediation as soon as possible. The goal of mediation is to reach an agreement without disrupting our guest and our team members’ lives with a work stoppage,” Virgin Hotels said in a statement to the. “While we are eager to move discussions forward, the Union has declined to participate in mediation at this time.
Negotiations are next slated for May 14. This comes days before country music star Lee Price will have his debut performance at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on May 17, and months before against MGM, Caesar’s, and Wynn Resort last November. While the other resorts are long-standing hotels on the Vegas strip, Virgin Hotels opened its doors in March 2021, and has never experienced a labor strike until Friday.
The CWU represents 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada, with all but 7,000 based in Las Vegas. It is considered the largest union in the state. Unionized members are majority female at 55% and another 45% of members are immigrants.
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