Culinary Union 226 Archives

Culinary Union Warns Nevada Could Go Red

October 10, 2024 3:40 pmOctober 11, 2024 3:06 pm

POLITICO magazine reporter Adrian Carasquillo has been covering Nevada and Culinary Union 226 for over a decade and was told by a Culinary official that the union may lose Nevada for the first time since 2004. According to Carasquillo, this was the first time in his reporting that Culinary had...

Culinary Union Announces Picket Lines at Eight Strip Properties

October 9, 2023 1:56 pmOctober 13, 2023 1:05 pm

In a press release, the Culinary Union announced that thousands of their members will picket eight different MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment Corporation casinos along the Las Vegas strip this Thursday following “very disappointing” negotiations for a new five year union contract. Last month, 95 percent of their members...

Last-Minute $58.5M Omnibus Spending Bill Passes Assembly After 5 Minute Review

June 4, 2023 7:37 pmJune 6, 2023 8:50 am

Nevadan taxpayers may be surprised to learn that a last-minute $58.5 omnibus spending bill (see below) allocates their tax dollars to fund a variety of nonprofits, many of which have strong ties to organized labor and the Nevada State Democratic Party. The Globe was informed that lawmakers only had five...

Rent Control Debated In Nevada Legislature

April 10, 2023 4:24 pmApril 17, 2023 10:36 am

On Friday, Democratic State Senator Pat Spearman introduced Senate Bill 426, The Neighborhood Stabilization Act, which prohibits landlords from increasing rent during the first year of tenancy and ties rent increases to the state’s cost-of-living index, as determined by the state housing authority, for the area surrounding a unit. The...

Kamala Harris Meets With Unions and State Dems in Las Vegas

August 11, 2022 11:58 amAugust 15, 2022 9:10 am

Yesterday, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the United Steelworkers’ annual convention held at the MGM Grand Casino. After her speech, she met privately with Culinary Local 226 and held a roundtable with Nevada Democratic lawmakers on abortion rights. Noticeably absent were Governor Sisolak, Senator Cortez Masto and Representatives Susie Lee and...