Furloughed, laid-off culinary union worker dues on hold
Culinary Union Local 226 members won’t have to pay dues if they’re not getting paid during the statewide casino shutdown.
“If workers aren’t working and not getting paid, they do not pay dues,” union spokeswoman Bethany Khan told the Review-Journal. She added that nearly all of the union’s 60,000 members are laid off.
According to the latest annual filing from the union, an affiliate of UNITE HERE, regular dues and fees cost up to $49.50 per month.
A growing number of hospitality and gaming employees have been laid off or furloughed in recent weeks amid the COVID-19 outbreak, including those at union resort-casinos such as MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment Corp., among others.
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