99 percent of workers approve first Venetian-Palazzo contract

By Marvin Clemons Las Vegas Review-Journal

1 month ago

Palazzo on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, on the Las Vegas Strip. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Guests attend the opening of the Venetian Resort Las Vegas new conference center, which is part of a $1 billion property renovation project, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Workers at The Venetian and Palazzo have overwhelmingly ratified a union contract.

Culinary Local 226 said in a Tuesday news release that 99 percent of workers voted for the new contract.

BREAKING: Culinary Union is pleased to announce Venetian/Palazzo workers have successfully voted by 99% to ratify their new union contract tonight!

Culinary Union celebrates Las Vegas Strip being 100% UNION & congratulates 4,000+ workers who now have a strong union contract! pic.twitter.com/YvtRnJyOIw

— Culinary Union (@Culinary226) August 28, 2024

The two hotel-casinos join almost all other Strip resorts in becoming unionized.

Culinary officials said more than 4,000 workers are covered by the agreement that was reached earlier this month.

The tentative contract agreement was a historic moment for The Venetian, which was a decadeslong holdout as the Strip’s only non-union property when it was controlled by Las Vegas Sands Corp. and its founder, chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson, who died in 2021.

Fontainebleau is the last major Strip resort without a contract, but the sides agreed to card-check neutrality before its December opening.

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