Las Vegas Culinary Union says it won’t hesitate to strike without new contracts

Culinary Workers Union Local 226 is armed with another tool in its negotiations with Las Vegas resorts over new contracts for the ...     [LAS VEGAS CULINARY UNION SAYS IT WON’T HESITATE TO STRIKE WITHOUT NEW CONTRACTS]( [Culinary Workers Union Local 226 is armed with another tool in its negotiations with Las Vegas resorts over new contracts for the hospitality workers who are the backbone of the city: authorization for the union to strike for new contracts. Tens of thousands of union members flooded the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday for the strike vote, overwhelmingly approving the last-resort measure by a 95% vote, Culinary officials said.]( [CCSD SUPPORT WORKERS IN LINE FOR ADDED RAISES]( [The Clark County School Board will discuss additional raises for support professionals like classroom aides and bus drivers using money that state lawmakers set aside specifically for school staff salary increases. The move comes as the district’s contract talks with the teachers union are headed to arbitration.]( [EDITORIAL: TRUMP’S RHETORIC CAN’T GLOSS OVER IMPACT OF HIS ANTI-WORKER POLICIES]( [Donald Trump has spent the past eight years trying to convince the American people that he is pro-worker. But his appearance Wednesday night at a non-union auto shop in Michigan is not only tone deaf in the midst of a nationwide strike by the United Auto Workers union but is also the latest in a long line of anti-worker actions taken by the disgraced former president.]( [ANALYSIS: O’CONNELL SHOULD, BUT LIKELY WON’T, START FOR RAIDERS IF GAROPPOLO CAN’T]( [The quarterback unit looked diminutive when the Raiders broke into positional-group drills at a practice on Wednesday in Henderson. Starter Jimmy Garoppolo was present at the team facility and attended meetings all day but was not permitted on the practice field as he continued to progress through the NFL’s concussion protocol. That left only veteran Brian Hoyer and rookie Aidan O’Connell firing off passes to each other near the 50-yard line on the Raiders’ first outdoor practice field.]( [REGRESSION, OR RESURGENCE? FIGHT WITH CHARLO WILL CLARIFY CANELO’S STANDING IN BOXING HIERARCHY]( [No one would question Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s place at the top of boxing as a draw; plenty would now question his place at the top of boxing from a skills perspective. Stock has dipped on the 33-year-old undisputed super middleweight champion going into his bout against Jermell Charlo, an undisputed champion in his own right at light middleweight, on September 30 at T-Mobile Arena.](   MOST READ [Big season ahead as UNLV basketball hits practice court for first time]( [Manfred hopes MLB owners will vote in November on A’s proposed move to Las Vegas](  [Vegas pick’em: NFL Week 4 winners against the spread]( [College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of every Week 5 game]( [Reno casino expansion plan includes new arena that could be UNR basketball home](   [Facebook](  [Twitter](     Greenspun Media Group | 2275 Corporate Circle, Suite 300, Henderson, NV 89074 [Unsubscribe {EMAIL}]( [Update Profile]( | [Our Privacy Policy]( | [Constant Contact Data Notice]( Sent by gmginfo@gmgvegas.com