Las Vegas Casino Workers Continue Strike with No Talks Scheduled

Union workers at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas are striking for better pay and benefits as negotiations stall.

The strike involves about 700 Culinary Workers Union members seeking a contract with pay and benefits similar to those at other resorts.
Virgin Hotels Las Vegas remains open, and the company has received over 600 applications for temporary and contract workers since the strike began.
This is the first open-ended strike by Nevada's largest labor union since 2002, involving various service roles at the hotel-casino.
The strike occurs just a week before the Las Vegas Grand Prix, an event expected to attract large crowds to the area.
Virgin Hotels has labeled previous union contracts at other casinos as economically unsustainable and is pushing for a more reasonable agreement.