Improving the value of retirement, including remedying the fact that there has been no increase in these benefits in the past eight years.Providing more job security and language that protects workers from technology that already exists in other casino markets.The DCC has five core concerns they say must be addressed by the casino companies for a deal to move forward. The strike comes in the wake of other hospitality labor actions in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, where Vegas hospitality workers resolved their battle with strip resorts over many of the same issues facing Detroit casino workers. The workers are represented by the Detroit Casino Council (DCC), which includes the five unions that comprise the striking casino workers: UNITE HERE Local 24, United Auto Workers Local 7777, Teamsters Local 1038, Operating Engineers Local 324 and the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters.
The walkout represents the first casino strike in Detroit history, with 3,700 casino workers walking off the job. Thousands of Detroit union casino workers walked off the job on strike October 17, saying the three big casinos there-MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity Casino and Hollywood Casino at Greektown-were unable to reach a fair deal with the union.
