Las Vegas Hotel Union Workers Approve New Contract with Caesars Entertainment

The five-year deal includes a 32% pay increase and covers over 35,000 employees.

Las Vegas hotel union workers have voted overwhelmingly to approve a new five-year contract with Caesars Entertainment, with 99% of the vote in favor.
The new contract includes a 32% pay increase over five years, with a 10% increase in the first year, amounting to about $2 billion from the casino companies by the end of the contract.
The contracts cover more than 35,000 employees at properties along the Strip that are owned or operated by Caesars, MGM Resorts and Wynn Resorts.
By the end of the contract, union workers will be earning on average $35 hourly, including benefits, up from the current $26 hourly with benefits.
The union had threatened a massive walkout at 18 hotel-casinos on the Strip, just hours before the breakthrough deals were reached.