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Article: Culinary workers will vote on authorization to strike.
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- Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV)
- Article date:
- July 28, 2007
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Byline: Howard Stutz
Jul. 28--Culinary union workers at hotels that have not settled new collective bargaining agreements will vote Sept. 12 to give their negotiating committees the authorization to call a strike, representatives of the labor organization said Friday.
The vote doesn't mean there could be a walkout by members of Culinary Workers Local 226 and Bartenders Local 165 at Strip and downtown hotels that have not reached new contracts six weeks from now. All the vote does is give the negotiating committees the ability to call a strike, which union members believe is another bargaining chip in their discussions with management.
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