Culinary Union, Caesars Entertainment reach tentative contract agreement (Updated: MGM, too)

The Culinary Union and Caesars Entertainment have reached a tentative agreement on a five-year contract for guest room attendants, bartenders, bellmen, cooks and other hotel workers at nine properties after the existing contracts expired at midnight on Friday.

The union and Caesars, in a joint statement released Saturday afternoon, declined to elaborate on the specific details of the contract, though they said that it includes “groundbreaking language” on worker security as it relates to sexual harassment, workload, technology and immigration. A ratification vote by union members is expected to be scheduled “very soon” and more details will be released after the vote, the statement said.

In a statement, the union’s secretary treasurer, Geoconda Arguello-Kline, called the agreement “the best contract with the highest wage increases that workers have ever had.”

“This innovative contract sets clear goals regarding technology and automation for worker retention, job training, advance notice of implementation, and severance package,” Arguello-Kline said.

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