DETROIT, MI
Courtesy of the Detroit Free Press
Thousands of unionized workers at Detroit's three casinos threatened today to strike if management and labor can't reach a deal by midnight tonight. Negotiations were ongoing after being extended for 48 hours past a Sunday deadline.
UNITE-HERE Local 24, which represents hospitality workers at the casinos, said in a statement that members of the casino council on Oct. 11 approved a strike vote "by a margin of 97 percent in order to maintain the wages, benefits and working conditions they deserve" if an agreement isn't reached. Motor City Casino-Hotel spokeswoman Jacci Woods said only that management and the unions "have agreed to continue to meet and negotiate in good faith." Greektown Casino-Hotel declined comment. MGM Grand Detroit officials couldn't immediately be reached.
