Caesar Palace Plays Hardball with Dealers
- Harrah's
- Union News
- Unfair Changes
Two years after casino dealers at Caesar’s Palace voted for union representation, they still don’t have a labor contract and relations with management have gone from bad to worse. Harrah’s Entertainment, which owns Caesars, contends that the union is unreasonably blocking its proposals. The company says its proposed changes are fair because they will bring dealers in line with other Harrah’s employees, union and nonunion.
What that means is the company isn’t offering dealers added benefits and is removing others, such as corporate 401(k) matches and vacation days for the longest-serving employees. Giving employees a worse deal than they had before they unionized is an unusual outcome, the poor economy provides the company with a reason to do so.