2023-09-30 15:10:41
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(Archyde.com) – Workers at three Detroit casinos have voted in favor of authorizing a strike, if necessary, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union said on Saturday.
The union said the Detroit Casino Council (DCC), representing workers at the MGM Grand Detroit, Hollywood at Greektown and MotorCity casinos, said workers voted 99% “yes” on Friday to authorize a strike at all three locations if a new contract agreement isn’t reached.
The DCC might call for strikes as soon as mid-October when contracts expire, it said in a statement.
The Detroit Casino Council is made up of five unions representing casino employees, including UNITE HERE Local 24, UAW, Teamsters Local 1038, Operating Engineers Local 324, and the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters.
The announcement comes as labor unions take advantage of low unemployment to push for higher pay and better working conditions in their talks over new labor agreements.
About 25,000 UAW members working at the Detroit Three automakers – Ford (NYSE:), General Motors (NYSE:) and Chrysler parent Stellantis (NYSE:), are already on strike. That has led to the shutdown of five plants, two at General Motors, one at Stellantis and two at Ford. (This story has been corrected to change the number of workers on strike to 25,000 and the number of plants that have been shut down to five, in paragraph 6)
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