The US government's National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against Station Casinos, alleging that the company has violated federal labour laws at 10 of its casino resorts.
The complaint alleges that from February 19 to April 7, Station managers broke federal labour laws 127 times. The complaint charges Station Casinos with engaging in a host of illegal activities against workers seeking to exercise their right to form a union, including the use of threats, intimidation, interrogation, surveillance, bribery, discouragement, discrimination, discipline and physical assault. No other Las Vegas gaming company has racked up so many federal government charges in such a short amount of time.
The federal complaint stems from unfair labour practice charges filed by the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, and Bartenders Union, Local 165, earlier this year.
"Workers at Station Casinos are standing up to join the culinary and bartenders unions because they want a better life for themselves and their families," said Culinary Union president Geoconda Arguello-Kline. "The company has responded not only with an aggressive anti-union campaign resulting in the government issuing a massive labour law complaint, but with an attack that is falling overwhelmingly on Latino workers."
