LV Hilton, Culinary reach accord
The Las Vegas Hilton on Sunday reached a tentative accord on a new collective bargaining agreement with Culinary Local 226 and Bartenders Local 165.
The agreement, the sixth to be reached in this year's contract negotiations between the unions and Las Vegas casino operators, will affect 1,800 workers at the property.
Details of the accord were not available pending a ratification vote by the workers scheduled for Tuesday.
Culinary Secretary-Treasurer D. Taylor, in a statement, commended both the negotiating committee and the Las Vegas Hilton on reaching the agreement.
The deal follows recent agreements with gaming giants Harrah's Entertainment and MGM Mirage as well as the Riviera, Stratosphere and the Sahara.
Those accords were for five years and included guaranteed annual raises and health care coverage that doesn't require employee-paid premiums.
Some 8,000 local workers continue to work on extended contracts since contracts for workers downtown and the Strip expired May 31.
Properties still without contracts include the Tropicana, 12 downtown hotels and casinos and the industrial laundry Mission Industries.
The unions announced Sept. 4 the formation of an $80 million strike fund.
The strike fund formation was followed by a Sept. 12 vote by union members authorizing individual negotiating committees the ability to call a strike if talks break down.
