Hitting the Union Jackpot

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Thousands will fill the famous Atlantic City broadwalk Saturday, June 21 to rally for a fair contract for casino workers. Last year, nearly 5,000 table game dealers and slot machine technicians at four Atlantic City casinos voted overwhelming to join the United Auto Workers (UAW), but one year later these workers are still without a contract. These “workers support their union because, like so many workers, they have had their healthcare taken away, their wages have been steadily eroding, and their working conditions have deteriorated,” says AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, who will speak at the rally with UAW President Ron Gettelfinger. “These workers understand that, only through a union contract, will they gain the respect and dignity on the job that they so richly deserve.”