Paula Schusster, a dealer at Flamingo, holds signs as she joins a rally outside of the Clark County Commission Building on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Las Vegas. The Save Our Jobs union coalition is looking to establish a Right to Return ordinance, which would require employers to offer both union and nonunion workers the right to return to their jobs after being laid off or furloughed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, once the business reopens and operations resume. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Jose Rivera, center, rally organizer, shouts slogans as he joins a rally outside of the Clark County Commission Building on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Las Vegas. The Save Our Jobs union coalition is looking to establish a Right to Return ordinance, which would require employers to offer both union and nonunion workers the right to return to their jobs after being laid off or furloughed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, once the business reopens and operations resume. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Paula Schusster, left, a dealer at the Flamingo, Kanie Kastroll, center, and Garu Schusster, a volunteer, right, hold signs as they join a rally outside of the Clark County Commission Building on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Las Vegas. The Save Our Jobs union coalition is looking to establish a Right to Return ordinance, which would require employers to offer both union and nonunion workers the right to return to their jobs after being laid off or furloughed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, once the business reopens and operations resume. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Workers, including Reina Almuina, second left, a waitress at Aria, and Renee Fountain, center, a worker at HMS Host at McCarran Airpot, rally outside of the Clark County Commission Building on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Las Vegas. The Save Our Jobs union coalition is looking to establish a Right to Return ordinance, which would require employers to offer both union and nonunion workers the right to return to their jobs after being laid off or furloughed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, once the business reopens and operations resume. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Reina Almuina, a waitress at Aria, holds a sign as she joins a rally outside of the Clark County Commission Building on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Las Vegas. The Save Our Jobs union coalition is looking to establish a Right to Return ordinance, which would require employers to offer both union and nonunion workers the right to return to their jobs after being laid off or furloughed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, once the business reopens and operations resume. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Workers, including Renee Fountain, second left, a worker at HMS Host at McCarran Airpot, rally outside of the Clark County Commission Building on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Las Vegas. The Save Our Jobs union coalition is looking to establish a Right to Return ordinance, which would require employers to offer both union and nonunion workers the right to return to their jobs after being laid off or furloughed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, once the business reopens and operations resume. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Workers rally outside of the Clark County Commission Building on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Las Vegas. The Save Our Jobs union coalition is looking to establish a Right to Return ordinance, which would require employers to offer both union and nonunion workers the right to return to their jobs after being laid off or furloughed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, once the business reopens and operations resume. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Jose Rivera, left, rally organizer, shouts slogans as he joins a rally outside of the Clark County Commission Building on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Las Vegas. The Save Our Jobs union coalition is looking to establish a Right to Return ordinance, which would require employers to offer both union and nonunion workers the right to return to their jobs after being laid off or furloughed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, once the business reopens and operations resume. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Jose Rivera, left, rally organizer, shouts slogans as he joins a rally outside of the Clark County Commission Building on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Las Vegas. The Save Our Jobs union coalition is looking to establish a Right to Return ordinance, which would require employers to offer both union and nonunion workers the right to return to their jobs after being laid off or furloughed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, once the business reopens and operations resume. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Workers are reflected in window as they rally outside of the Clark County Commission Building on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Las Vegas. The Save Our Jobs union coalition is looking to establish a Right to Return ordinance, which would require employers to offer both union and nonunion workers the right to return to their jobs after being laid off or furloughed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, once the business reopens and operations resume. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Vanessa Peck, a member of Local 631, holds a sign as she joins a rally outside of the Clark County Commission Building on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Las Vegas. The Save Our Jobs union coalition is looking to establish a Right to Return ordinance, which would require employers to offer both union and nonunion workers the right to return to their jobs after being laid off or furloughed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, once the business reopens and operations resume. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Members of labor unions rally outside of the Clark County Commission Building on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Las Vegas. The Save Our Jobs union coalition is looking to establish a Right to Return ordinance, which would require employers to offer both union and nonunion workers the right to return to their jobs after being laid off or furloughed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, once the business reopens and operations resume. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Reina Almuina, a waitress at Aria, holds a sign as she joins a rally outside of the Clark County Commission Building on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Las Vegas. The Save Our Jobs union coalition is looking to establish a Right to Return ordinance, which would require employers to offer both union and nonunion workers the right to return to their jobs after being laid off or furloughed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, once the business reopens and operations resume. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
A coalition of labor unions again gathered in front of the Clark County Commission on Tuesday morning to push for local workers’ right to return to work.
The Save Our Jobs union coalition is looking to establish a Right to Return ordinance, which would require employers to offer both union and nonunion workers the right to return to their jobs after being laid off or furloughed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, once the business reopens and operations resume.
The coalition held a rally in front of the Clark County Commission in August, asking for the ordinance to be placed on the Sept. 1 agenda. The ordinance has yet to make it onto a commission agenda.
“The Save Our Jobs Coalition continues to call on the Clark County Commission to place a Right to Return ordinance on the agenda” as soon as possible, Culinary Local 226 spokeswoman Bethany Khan said Monday.
Other unions in the coalition include Bartenders Local 165, IATSE Local 720, National Nurses United, Operating Engineers Local 501, SEIU 1107, Teamsters Local 986, Teamsters Local 631 and United Auto Workers Local 3555. Combined, the unions represent roughly 87,000 workers in Nevada, according to a Friday news release from the Culinary union.
“Workers have helped to build Nevada into the tourism and entertainment capital of the world,” a Friday statement from the Culinary union said. “Every one of those workers should have the right to come back to their previous jobs when business resumes. They have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.”
Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom, who spoke at Tuesday’s rally, said the coalition’s efforts through rallies and putting flyers on doors has put political pressure on commission members. Segerblom said he supports the ordinance.
“A lot of these employees have worked for years and years, are out of work, and there’s no clear sign of when (all of) these hotels will open up,” he said. “The incentive for employers is to hire younger, less experienced employees with less seniority and vacation, but the reality is these (veteran workers) have made Las Vegas great.”
