Casino Workers Gear Up for Rally Saturday

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Casino workers are making signs and getting excited for the arrival of thousands of labor activists this Saturday to support their fight for a fair contract. “We’re excited that people will be coming from all over the country to support us,” says Robert Beck, a casino dealer at Bally’s in Atlantic City. “We’re winning elections, we’re winning legislation – and now we’re going to have support from the entire labor movement and our community to win fair contracts.” “We’re having a rally on Saturday because it is time for the casinos to do their part,” Marilyn Bey, a dealer at Caesars casino, told James Parks of the AFL-CIO Now Weblog Tuesday. “We need a union contract to improve our wages, benefits and job security.”