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STATION CASINOS: HEAR THY WORKERS

A special message from Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice in Las Vegas

We are clergy and lay leaders from across the Las Vegas Valley and we are deeply concerned about working people in our community. We have met with workers from Station Casinos, heard their cries for justice, and we cannot stand by idly. Our faith traditions call on employers to recognize the rights of workers to organize and bargain collectively and the right of their employees to choose freely whether to unionize or not without intimidation or coercion.

Unfortunately, Station Casinos has been found to have broken federal labor law eighty-eight (88) times, according to two National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Administrative Law Judges. That is the largest number of unfair labor practices committed by a single employer in the history of Nevada gaming. The company appealed the judges’ recommended decisions, and, last October, the NLRB in Washington, D.C. completely denied the company’s appeals and even found two more violations. Workers at Station Casinos simply want to ensure their rights are honored and they can provide for themselves and their families. This is a struggle about human dignity, one that should come to a just resolution.

Station Casinos, God hears your workers’ cries for Justice. All of our faith traditions support the rights of workers to freely organize or not without intimidation or coercion. We pray you soften your hearts, hear your workers, and agree to a fair process.

We Work at Station Casinos

We want the opportunity to provide for our families, to have security in our jobs, to lift up the community.

Clergy supports us. Unions support us.

We ask you to support us.

DO NOT spend your money at Station Casinos!

 

STATION CASINOS IS MAKING MORE MONEY!

BUT THEY WANT YOU TO PAY MORE FOR HEALTHCARE!!

Last November, the company announced that, for the first nine months of 2012: REVENUES GREW 6% ($875 mil. to $926 mil) and OPERATING INCOME GREW 13% ($109 mil. to $124 mil.)

But, starting January 1, you have to pay more to use the Station Casinos Platinum PPO plan, with dental and vision included:

• $4,224 PER YEAR — 62% MORE — FOR FAMILY COVERAGE
• $1,295 — 54% MORE — FOR INDIVIDUAL COVERAGE.

The Culinary & Bartenders Union PPO plan, with dental and vision, has NO paycheck deductions for individual and family coverage.

 

Victory at the Labor Relations Board!

• Largest verdict issued against Nevada Gaming Company 
• Stations found guilty by Washington, DC Labor Board

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an order today completely rejecting Station Casinos’ appeal from the findings of an administrative law judge that it committed 87 unfair labor practices in its anti-union campaign against its own employees. In fact, the NLRB found two additional violations.

WHAT DID YOU GET?

Station Casinos takes care of its top executives. Aside from salaries and bonuses, it also gives them benefits and perks. Last year, these included life insurance, supplemental long-term disability insurance, executive medical insurance, club membership & dues, fitness training, and loan forgiveness.

On July 23, Station Casinos appointed a new Chief Accounting Officer and will pay him a base salary of $400,000 a year, with a guaranteed bonus of $200,000 for the year 2012. It was not announced whether he will get benefits and perks from the company.

On July 27, you got your first wage increase in five years.

YOU DESERVE MORE!

 

 

Are You Getting a Fair Deal?

Station Casinos made over 20% more (in gross operating profits) in the first quarter of this year compared to last year.

“Our first quarter results were the best quarterly results we have achieved in three years,” said the company.

But how much more is the company paying you?

Over the last five years, in Union properties on the Strip, non-tipped workers got wage increases of over $3.00 per hour and tipped got over $1.50 per hour.

Also, in Union properties, part-time workers get the same wage increases as full-time workers.

And, in Union properties, even if you’re a part-timer, you can get the Culinary Health Plan and the Culinary Pension.

Who Does Station Casinos Love?

COMPANY INSIDERS: it paid $660 million in cash to 13 of them in the November 2007 buyout.

BANKS & INVESTORS: it has paid $698 million in cash to its lenders since the 2007 buyout.

TOP EXECUTIVES: it has paid them $40 million in compensation since the 2007 buyout.

When will YOU get the love?

Culinary & Bartenders Union workers have:

• GREAT HEALTH PLAN: with no monthly premiums for the best plan in the state — with family coverage.
• SECURE PENSION: which is fully paid for by employers and guaranteed by the federal government.
• JOB SECURITY PROTECTIONS: guaranteed workweek, seniority rules, and protections when work is subcontracted out or when the entire casino is sold.

 

The Las Vegas Standard

The following are Las Vegas hotel-casinos where workers got to decide — legally and through a fair process that was free from management intimidation and interference —  whether to deal with employers together through the Union.

Aria	Bally's	Bellagio	Bill's
Caesars Palace	Circus Circus	Encore	Excalibur
Flamingo	Four Seasons	Harrah's	Hilton Grand Vacations-Elara
Hilton Grand Vacations-Flamingo	Hilton Grand Vacations-LVH	Hilton Grand Vacations-LV Strip	LVH (former LV Hilton)
Luxor	Mandalay Bay	Margaritaville	MGM Grand
Mirage	Monte Carlo	New York-New York	Paris Las Vegas
Planet Hollywood	Rio	Riviera	Stratosphere
Signature at MGM Grand	TI	Tropicana	Vdara
Wynn Las Vegas	Binion's	El Cortez	The D (former Fitzgerald’s)
Four Queens	Fremont	Golden Gate	Golden Nugget
Las Vegas Club	Main Street Station	Plaza	Eldorado
Jerry’s Nugget	Rainbow Club

Why won’t Station Casinos agree to a fair process? Why won’t they give you the same respect?

IT’S OUR TURN NOW!

Since we had our last wage increase in 2007:

• Station Casinos top insiders got paid more than $660 million in cash by borrowing against the company.
• The company fired 2,800 workers from 2008 to 2010 to save money, while most of the executives kept their jobs.
• Now the company is spending millions of dollars on TV attack ads while ignoring our demand for a fair process.

Since 2007,Union casino workers on the Strip:

• Got total wage increases of $3.08 an hour for non-tipped and $1.51 for tipped.
• Continue to enjoy the best healthcare plan in Las Vegas with no monthly premium out of their paychecks.
• Continue to have a pension paid for by their employers.

IT’S OUR TIME NOW! WE DESERVE BETTER!

 

Thank you for your support!

On Tuesday, April 24th, we broke our historic seven-day fast at Red Rock Casino with a rally full of Local 226 members, community supporters, faith leaders, and, of course, the 17 dedicated fasters from Station Casinos and other union properties. We estimate rally attendance of over 1,000 supporters!

It was a busy seven days at the fast site outside of Palace Station: We were joined throughout the week by our brothers and sisters from other unions and community allies. We were also visited by U.S. Congressman Luis Gutiérrez, California Assemblyman Ricardo Lara, California Assembly Speaker John Perez, Nevada State Senator Ruben Kihuen, Nevada State Assemblyman Richard “Tick” Segerblom, and State Senators Steven Horsford and Sheila Leslie. Religious leaders from all over the Las Vegas community also supported the fasters with their presence and prayers.

If you haven’t done so yet, please show your support for the fasters and their struggle to have a fair process. Send an e-mail to Station Casinos and tell the company to respect the signatures of their employees and treat them with fairness and dignity. 

Missed out on all the action? Check out the faster profiles and see pictures from the fast.

Thank you for your support! Together we will achieve justice.

Station Casinos Organizing Committee