Atlantic City News - Page 108

News Brief: While a weekend picket held by casino workers did not appear to affect visitors to the city, it did draw the attention of a superior court judge.

News Brief: Union officials fielded a contract offer from the Tropicana Casino and Resort on Thursday and then told casino officials they could jump off their building.

News Brief: Local 54 will picket Tropicana Casino and Resort, starting midnight Friday and running through Saturday night, as part of the union's plan to force the casino industry into a contract.

An open letter from Dennis C. Gomes, president of resort operations, Aztar Corp. and Pamela J. Popielarski, president and general manager of Tropicana, Atlantic City, was sent to the president of Local 54.

The 500-member contract committee of Local 54 of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees union in Atlantic City agreed late Friday to extend its recently expired contract until Oct. 1 while negotiations with gaming companies continue.

The Borgata casino kicked off the fourth stop on the World Poker Tours third season, attracting record numbers of players to the second annual Borgata Poker Open.

News Brief: In what organizers called the largest labor demonstration in the Atlantic City's history, about 7,000 union workers and supporters staged a loud but peaceful demonstration Thursday night on the beach and Boardwalk.

News Brief: Thousands of union protesters are expected to rally on the Boardwalk today in a show of solidarity designed to pressure the casinos to settle on a new contract.

News Brief: Eleven of the city's casinos are now operating without a contract, but the 14,500 hotel and restaurant employees involved remain on the job.

News Brief: Talks between the casino union and two companies failed to produce a contract as a potential strike moved closer Monday, but progress apparently was made with the three Trump properties.

News Brief: The union's divide-and-conquer strategy kicked into high gear Sunday, as Resorts Atlantic City held its first solo talks with Local 54 of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union.

News Brief: Atlantic City union members have given their permission for a strike against the casino industry and started gearing up for what could be a lengthy fight.

News Brief: A day before Atlantic City casino union workers are expected to give labor leaders authorization to call a strike, six casinos sought to protect themselves from the threat Wednesday by leaving the New Jersey Casino Association's bargaining unit.

News Brief: Less than two weeks before its contract expires, the city's largest and most powerful labor union warned Thursday of the possibility of a strike unless the casinos back off from the controversial practice of subcontracting.

News Brief: Ever since the billion-dollar Borgata opened, the megaresort, which raked in more than $1.8 million in daily casino winnings in July, is already looking to get bigger and better.

News Brief: While Atlantic City is trying to reinvent itself as a full-service, overnight destination, frontline workers say they will be facing the biggest threat to their livelihoods when their current contracts expire next month.

News Brief: While the Borgata has done much to enliven casino gaming in town and is contributing to an expanding market, it had a mixed impact on the industry's second-quarter earnings.

News Brief: Curtis Bashaw has a few words for anyone who has designs on his high-profile job as executive director of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority: I'm not leaving yet.

News Brief: The number of casino bus passengers heading to Atlantic City will likely drop again this year, and the pace of decline could accelerate when a major gaming hall motor coach company leaves the market next month.

News Brief: Security concerns apparently stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have prompted Borgata to conduct random searches of cars pulling into its valet parking lot.