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Hispanic housekeepers have come to the forefront in the negotiations between casino executives and leaders of Culinary Local 226.

News Brief: Union officials negotiating for 50,000 Las Vegas casino waitresses and housekeepers rejected a new contract offer from two major casino companies over issues related to health care and work loads, as both sides seek to avoid a potential strike next week.

A renovation project at Fitzgeralds hotel-casino will result in the removal of a landmark icon in downtown Las Vegas.

Culinary Union leaders were cool Monday to a new five-year contract proposal by two major Strip operators but did not reject it with a looming June 1 strike deadline.

Mandalay has reinstated three Culinary union workers suspended by Circus Circus after they were involved in a May 3 skirmish with security guards during a union rally in the employee dining room, union officials said.

Las Vegas housekeepers are less healthy than their counterparts in San Francisco because of higher job stress and more demanding workloads, a new academic study funded by the Culinary Union shows.

Mandalay Resort Group and MGM Mirage sent to the Culinary Union today a five-year contract proposal aimed at reaching a settlement before the looming June 1 strike deadline.

A group of gaming property specialists at the CB Richard Ellis commercial real estate brokerage wants to broaden the pool of potential buyers by making the acquisition process less intimidating.

An overwhelming Culinary Union vote Thursday to authorize a strike should encourage the casino industry to move toward a collective bargaining agreement, a top union leader said.

The possibility of electricity blackouts and a strike by the Culinary Union are combining to create a potential public relations nightmare for Las Vegas.

A lead casino industry negotiator proposed extending contract talks with the Culinary Union for one month, as union members prepared today to authorize a strike if an agreement can't be reached by a looming June 1 deadline.

News Brief: An attorney for the family of Ecstasy overdose victim Danielle Heird claims a new witness will significantly bolster the family's lawsuit against The Venetian and the nightclub C2K, where Heird partied the night before she died.

The Stratosphere resort is appealing a March court order that forces the hotel-casino to correct alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act by retrofitting 532 of its 2,444 rooms with 32-inch interior bathroom doorways within 20 weeks.

Nevada's struggling state budget could lose $800,000 in gaming industry taxes for each week Las Vegas hotel workers remain on strike, a Culinary Union official said Tuesday.

Chief negotiators for labor and management disagreed Tuesday over the prospects for a quick settlement in ongoing talks that could avert the first citywide gaming strike in 18 years.

International Culinary Union President John Wilhelm said today that none of the four largest Strip gaming operators have put an offer on the table that will guarantee free health care insurance for his members.

If workers strike Las Vegas hotels, the gaming industry could see a 10 percent drop in revenue, causing additional post-Sept. 11 budget shortfalls for the state, Culinary Union leaders warned Monday.

The two words that perhaps best described longtime Las Vegas Club owner and President Mel Exber were gambler and giver.

International Culinary Union President John Wilhelm said Sunday that the union expects to sign a new contract with `one or more’ of the four major gaming companies on the Strip well before the June 1 strike deadline.

Union organizers are hoping to draw at least 15,000 members to a scheduled Thursday vote that could authorize Las Vegas' first citywide casino strike since 1984.