Overview
- More than 200 table-game dealers and dual-rate workers walked off the job at noon Friday at Horseshoe Indianapolis in Shelbyville, Indiana.
- The National Labor Relations Board postponed the scheduled union election due to the federal government shutdown, removing the formal path to certification.
- Teamsters Local 135 proposed conducting the vote with a neutral third party to keep the planned date, but casino management declined.
- Workers are picketing for immediate recognition of Local 135, and union leaders say recognition would end the strike.
- Horseshoe, owned by Caesars Entertainment, says it will maintain service and supports an NLRB-run vote, and workers had earlier authorized a strike with 92% support.