7, everybody who has ever seen the union in action knew other companies would fall in line, just as surely as everybody who has seen the 1997 James Cameron epic knows the massive ocean liner will hit an iceberg and sink.īut everybody was seemingly glued to their seats to watch exactly how it was going to play out.Ī Strip executive told me the word “orchestrated” came to mind when describing how the final hours before a strike deadline arrived.īut you have to hand it to Culinary: It’s really good at choreographing and producing drama and keeping an audience riveted until the end.Įach tentative approval of the richest contracts ever reached came after several hours of negotiations, followed by an often-delayed early media briefing saying they were close to agreeing to terms, followed by an early-morning announcement on X that a tentative deal was done.Ĭaesars agreed first, then MGM Resorts International the next day, followed by Wynn Resorts Ltd. Once the union struck its deal with Caesars Entertainment Inc. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal) the Culinary union’s negotiation process with three major casino companies was like watching the movie “Titanic.”
Ted Pappageorge, center, Secretary-Treasurer for the Culinary Union, speaks during a caucus with the negotiating committee at the Horseshoe hotel-casino on Tuesday, Nov.
