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Some 95% of union members voted in September to authorize a citywide strike. Tourism is the city's lifeblood and Las Vegas is gearing up for major events including a Formula 1 race expected to bring more than 100,000 tourists to the city in November. Oct 9 (Reuters) - Thousands of Las Vegas workers will picket MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment casinos on Thursday for the first time in nearly two decades, the unions said, as they contemplate a possible strike. Daily Mail Australia has not been able to independently verify the picture Boikov shared an image on X, formerly Twitter, which appears to show two soldiers standing next to a burnt-out Bushmaster - a 300 horsepower, four-wheel drive armoured vehicle capable of carrying ten soldiers and withstanding a 10 kg TNT blast. |
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The unions are among the most powerful in the United States, representing 53,000 hospitality workers in Las Vegas. Unions in the auto, rail, healthcare and other industries have kept companies off balance in recent months with labor actions. Simeon Boikov, above with his wife Ekaterina Olshannikova, known as Mrs Cossack, at a rally last year before he was locked up for six months for naming an alleged paedophile. |
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He has been holed up in the Russian Consulate in Sydney since December The self-styled 'Aussie Cossack' was convicted in his absence in February of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to a 76-year-old man at a rally in support of Ukraine in December at Sydney's Town Hall. The Culinary Workers and Bartenders Unions seek a new five-year contract with improved wages and benefits as casino operators post record profits. |
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In prior negotiations, a strike threat was enough to spur a deal, but these talks have been slow, union representatives said on Monday. The unions are demanding higher wages, stronger protections against new technology that may threaten jobs, lower housekeeping quotas and improved safety. Pappageorge said that negotiations were "very disappointing" and the companies did not make substantive wage proposals. He estimated wage increases could cost Caesars $40 million to $60 million a year and double that for MGM based on their employee count. |
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