Connecticut News - Page 57

News Brief: The Connecticut Senate had taken no action by Thursday evening on a bill extending the ban on indoor smoking to Connecticut's two tribal casinos.

News Brief: A huge majority of Foxwoods Resort workers from the engineering department voted against union representation by the International Union of Operating Engineers.

News Brief: Attorneys representing the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation once again argued that federal labor laws should not apply to the tribe because of tribal sovereignty.

News Brief: Slot revenues continued to decline at both Connecticut's casinos during the month of March, but while the losses at Foxwoods Resort Casino continued to grow, Mohegan Sun experienced its smallest decline in recent months.

News Brief: The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the UAW have each filed petitions with the labor board seeking to unionize Foxwoods Resort Casino's slot technicians, electronic bench technicians, field service technicians and senior field service technicians.

News Brief: Efforts to ban smoking in the state’s two Indian-owned casinos is turning into a test of wills between legislators, the tribes that own the casinos and Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who wants to negotiate with the owners herself.

News Brief: Governor M. Jodi Rell has begun preliminary discussions with the owners of the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos over banning smoking at the casinos.

Taking on the biggest names in poker goes with the territory when you decide to compete in a World Poker Tour event. Find out how three players dealt with the challenge of being seated at the same table as Full Tilt poker pro Phil Ivey during Day 1 of the Foxwoods Poker Classic last week in Connecticut.

News Brief: The Mohegan Tribe and union leaders announced Tuesday that they've reached a project labor agreement for the nearly $1 billion expansion of the Mohegan Sun casino.

News Brief: When the Seminole Tribe of Florida visits Hartford this week, it’s looking for a specific souvenir to take home, experienced table game dealers.

News Brief: Expansion at a Rhode Island casino is drawing revenue away from Connecticut's two tribally owned casinos, according to a report.

News Brief: Attorneys representing Foxwoods Resort Casino have appealed a judge's decision issued earlier this month recommending certification of a vote by dealers in favor of union representation.

B-I-N-G-O! It may be a game that you learned as a kid, but in the industry of land-based gaming bingo spells big business. We dipped into the Casino City data to find out where you can find the biggest bingo parlors in the world and the list begins deep in the woods of Connecticut at Foxwoods Resort Casino.

News Brief: Taking the suggestion of the Connecticut attorney general and several leading lawmakers, a legislative committee on Monday supported negotiating a smoking ban at the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos.

News Brief: The Mashantucket Pequots says they will appeal a judge’s decision to overrule their objections to a Nov. 24 vote by Foxwoods table game dealers to organize under the United Auto Workers.

News Brief: Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says a ban on smoking at Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun could withstand any challenge in federal court by the owners of the tribal casinos.

News Brief: The International Union of Operating Engineers has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board stating it has the support of a 'substantial number' of Foxwoods employees who are in favor of union representation.

Experience some of Jazz music's greatest contemporary hits through the sounds of veteran alto saxophonist David Sanborn at Mohegan Sun.

News Brief: Discussion, not dictate, should govern the future of smoking in the state’s tribal casinos, according to 17 building and construction trade unions in Eastern Connecticut.

Eric Clapton has announced plans for an upcoming tour of North America and is scheduled to stop in Uncasville on Monday, June 2nd for a performance at Mohegan Sun Arena.