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☆ California Moves to Modify Law Letting Workers Sue Employers
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Kurtis Lee | More About Kurtis Lee | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A last-minute political compromise has headed off an effort to repeal a California law allowing workers to sue employers for workplace violations — a legal tool that has cost companies billions of dollars. Gavin Newsom, followed meetings with business leaders and the powerful California Labor Federation over ways to modify the 2004 law, the Private Attorneys General Act. The law, known as PAGA, lets employees file civil complaints — on their own behalf and for fellow workers — against businesses, sometimes costing them tens of millions of dollars in settlements. “We came to the table and hammered out a deal that works for both businesses and workers, and it will bring needed improvements to this system,” Mr. Newsom said in a statement on Tuesday. “This proposal maintains strong protections for workers, provides incentives for businesses to comply with labor laws and reduces litigation.”

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Mr, Newsom, ” Organizations: Gov, California Labor Federation Locations: California

☆ How the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike Changed the Labor Movement
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Kurtis Lee | More About Kurtis Lee | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Jack Walker is a union man. He drives a garbage truck in Memphis, where his route can take him barreling past shotgun-style houses along the Mississippi River and down the narrow alleyways near the Lorraine Motel, where the Rev. Robert Walker, Mr. Walker’s father, was also a sanitation worker. The tragedy was a culmination of slow-burning indignities for Black sanitation workers in Memphis. Roughly 1,300 sanitation workers began marching through the streets of Memphis.

Persons: Jack Walker, Martin Luther King Jr, King’s, Robert Walker, Walker’s, Echol Cole, Robert Walker’s, Jack, wouldn’t Organizations: The New York Times Locations: Memphis, Mississippi

☆ After Averting a Hotel Strike, Las Vegas Still Has a Lot of Work to Do
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Kurtis Lee | More About Kurtis Lee | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The final agreement, with Wynn Resorts, came early on Friday, a few hours before the strike deadline. The deal, when ratified, would provide “outstanding benefits and overall compensation to our employees,” Wynn said in a statement. A strike loomed as a major disruption to a series of big events, starting with the Las Vegas Grand Prix, a Formula 1 auto race along The Strip that is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors late next week. Along with the Formula 1 race, Las Vegas is the site of the National Finals Rodeo in December and the Super Bowl in February. Bill Hornbuckle, the chief executive of MGM, said in a Wednesday earnings call that his company had sold more than 10,000 tickets to the Grand Prix and expected to bring in $60 million in extra hotel revenue in the days ahead.

Persons: ” Wynn, Bill Hornbuckle Organizations: Wynn Resorts, Las Vegas, Vegas, —, Bowl, MGM, Prix Locations: Nevada, Vegas

☆ Las Vegas Unions and Caesars Reach Tentative Agreement as Strike Looms
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Kurtis Lee | More About Kurtis Lee | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Unions representing hospitality workers in Las Vegas reached a tentative agreement on Wednesday with one of the city’s three major resort operators, two days before a strike deadline that loomed just as tourists arrive for a major international sporting event. The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165, which are affiliates of Unite Here, announced the tentative agreement on a five-year contract with Caesars Entertainment but did not provide details. The culinary union said the deal had been reached after 20 straight hours of negotiations and covered 10,000 workers. Caesars said in a statement that the accord would provide “meaningful wage increases that align with our past performance, along with continued opportunities for growth tied to our future plans to bring more union jobs to the Las Vegas Strip.”The two unions last week said that 35,000 members would walk off the job on Friday at 18 hotels along The Strip owned by Caesars, MGM Resorts International and Wynn Resorts, posing a major threat to the city’s economy.

Organizations: Culinary Workers Union Local, Bartenders Union, Caesars Entertainment, Caesars, Las, MGM Resorts International, Wynn Resorts Locations: Las Vegas

☆ West Coast Dockworkers Ratify Contract
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Kurtis Lee | More About Kurtis Lee | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Dockworkers at ports along the West Coast have ratified a new contract, securing a sweeping agreement set to last six years and expected to ease tensions after cargo shipments were diverted to other regions. The contract between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association, which operates the terminals, covers 22,000 dockworkers at 29 ports from Los Angeles to Seattle. The contract was approved by 75 percent of members who voted, the union said late Thursday. The maritime association did not respond to a request for comment. The two sides announced in June that they had reached a tentative agreement after a year of negotiations that prompted intervention from the Biden administration and coincided with a decline in the volume of cargo at several major ports along the West Coast.

Persons: Biden Organizations: Warehouse Union, Pacific Maritime Association Locations: West, Los Angeles, Seattle, West Coast

☆ The Recovery Left Nevada Behind. Can the State Change Its Luck?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Kurtis Lee | More About Kurtis Lee | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Pedro Alvarez never imagined his high school job delivering filet mignon and sautéed lobster tail to rooms at the Tropicana Las Vegas would turn into a longtime career. “Movie stars and thousands of dollars in tips,” Mr. Alvarez, 53, said. “If it was up to me, I was never going to leave.”Yet when the Strip shut down for more than two months early in the coronavirus pandemic, Mr. Alvarez became one of tens of thousands of hospitality workers in Nevada to lose their jobs. After the hotel reopened, managers told him that they were discontinuing room service, at least for a while. Since then, he has bounced between jobs, working in concessions and banquets.

Persons: Pedro Alvarez, filet mignon, Mr, Alvarez Organizations: Tropicana Locations: Vegas, Nevada

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