LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Culinary Union announced on Wednesday morning that a "tentative agreement" has been reached with Caesars Entertainment.
The agreement would include a new five-year contract for over 10,000 hospitality workers across nine Caesars properties. According to the union, the agreement was reached after 20 hours of negotiation.
BREAKING: After 20-straight hours of negotiations, Culinary Union is pleased to announce a Tentative Agreement towards a new 5-year contract has been reached w/@CaesarsEnt for approx 10,000 hospitality workers at 9 Vegas properties. Statement forthcoming. #OneJobShouldBeEnough pic.twitter.com/7aNh6yRdZs
— Culinary Union (@Culinary226) November 8, 2023
Caesars Entertainment released a statement following the agreement:
Caesars Entertainment Team Members are the best in the industry, and we are excited to reach an agreement with UniteHere: one which recognizes the integral contributions our Team Members have made to the success we have seen in Las Vegas over the last few years.
In this landmark agreement, our nearly 10,000 UniteHere Team Members will see meaningful wage increases that align with our past performance, along with continued opportunities for growth tied to our future plans to bring more union jobs to the Las Vegas Strip. Through this agreement, Caesars Entertainment will ensure that as we grow, our Team Members grow with us.
We are proud of our decades-long relationship with UniteHere and our shared commitment to the hospitality workers who are the heart and soul of Las Vegas.
We are confident that our UniteHere Team Members will see this agreement as a demonstration of our commitment to their success and as a solid platform from which to deliver the extraordinary service and experiences our guests have come to expect.
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This news comes after the union leadership set a strike deadline for Friday, Nov. 10, at 5 a.m. As leaders entered negotiations at the Horseshoe on Tuesday morning, Ted Pappageorge, secretary-treasurer for the union, seemed upbeat about negotiations with Caesars.
"If we think we're close, we're all going to be here," Pappageorge told reporters Tuesday afternoon.
The union has talks with MGM Resorts Int. on Wednesday and Wynn Resorts on Thursday. It's possible that the union could settle with one of the companies but vote to strike against another.
