Members currently receive health insurance and earn about $26 hourly, including benefits, union spokesperson Bethany Khan said. I want my daughter to look at me and know I fought for a better future.” “I refuse to sit back and watch what we’ve built crumble.
“I am willing to go on strike because I have a 10-year-old daughter who comes to negotiations with me, and she is going to inherit all of this,” said Tiffany Thomas, a guest room attendant at Mandalay Bay. The hospitality workers said they would strike for as long as it takes to get fair contracts - from the housekeepers and utility porters who work behind the scenes to keep the Strip’s mega-resorts humming, to the bartenders and cocktail servers who provide the customer service that has helped make Las Vegas famous. That includes walkouts in Hollywood, UPS’ contentious negotiations that threatened to disrupt the nation’s supply chain, and the ongoing hotel workers strike at Detroit’s three casinos, including MGM Grand Detroit. A strike would be the latest in a series of high-profile actions nationwide in what has been a big year for labor unions.
