“The workers are seeking contract improvements after years of pandemic hardship - including wages that keep up with inflation, healthcare, retirement security, technology language, fair workloads for housekeepers, and more - but casino management has been unwilling to deliver a fair contract for workers,” union officials wrote in a press release Tuesday. Union members told Local 4 on Monday that they don’t want to strike amid what they called hard times, but they feel like they need to be heard. Their union contract with the casinos were supposed to expire Monday, though that deadline was pushed to noon on Tuesday.īoth sides reportedly remain at odds over healthcare costs and wages, particularly as the business rebounds following pandemic struggles.
DETROIT – Thousands of unionized casino workers walked out from three Downtown Detroit casinos Tuesday just after their contract expired about without a new agreement to replace it.Ībout 3,700 union-represented employees at MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity Casino, and Hollywood Casino at Greektown were on strike as of noon on Tuesday, Oct.
