West Virginia Casino Shows Arrogance in Union Negotiations

Around the country, there is a growing trend among casino workers. they are turning their fate over to negotiators, and are joining unions in record numbers for the industry.

One union in West Virginia, has its workers prepared for a strike starting on Saturday night. the workers are not happy with the wages and benefits they are receiving.

The casino, the Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort, has about two hundred workers ready to walk out on Saturday night if there is not an agreement reached. Negotiators have gone back to the table to try and get a deal worked out.

A Federal mediator was the one who pushed the sides back to the negotiating table, according to Kevin Kilroy, a spokesman for Local 23.

The casino's executives have shown to be indifferent to whether or not the workers walk out. they have showed their arrogance by claiming that even if the walk out does occur, it will not effect business.

That attitude of not needing these workers is the thought process that puts these two sides in this position in the first place. The workers are claiming that they cannot afford health care with the poverty wages they are paid.

The sides will continue to negotiate up until the strike deadline on Saturday.

March 28, 2008
Posted By Larry Rutherford
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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