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Capital & Main
Gabriel Thompson

A Landmark Federal Ruling Against Union-Busting Has Boosted Organizing

Members and supporters of Culinary Workers Union Local 226 picket Station Casinos' corporate headquarters in Las Vegas on January 19, 2023 to push for a first-time union contract. Photos courtesy Culinary Local 226.

Five years ago, after a majority of workers at Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas signed cards to join the Culinary Workers Union, supervisors marched them into a series of mandatory meetings. The company promised employees free health care and new retirement benefits if they voted down the union, and vowed to drag out negotiations if the union won.

Red Rock, which is owned by billionaire brothers and major Trump donors Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, also launched an anti-union website, plastered with the faces of employees without their permission. Then, two days before the vote, workers were greeted with hundreds of free steaks in the employee dining room, each branded with the same message: VOTE NO!

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