Virgin Hotels and the Culinary Union have been negotiating for over a year, with property executives not budging to meet the union’s requests on salary increases, benefits, and job protections, the union said.
Station Casinos is accused of using pandemic layoffs as a way to weaken union support among their workers, for years the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 has called out Station Casinos for its anti-union actions.
Nevada has the highest concentration of tipped workers in the nation, and those tips are currently subject to federal taxes. A new bipartisan bill would allow hospitality workers to keep their tips without paying federal income tax on them.