As threatened, the Culinary Union has launched legal action against Las Vegas casinos and their restaurants, and they’re thinking large. Instead of going after low-hanging fruit like the Wildfires of the world, the Culinary is starting with the big boys, MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment. Joined by Bartenders Union Local 165, the Culinary is suing the lion and the Roman empire for providing insufficient health and safety protocols for workers. The litigation “is the just the beginning of the culinary union’s legal efforts to make sure workers are fully protected,” warned Geoconda Argüello-Kline, secretary-treasurer for the Culinary.
Wrote Culinary spokeswoman Bethany Khan, “The Culinary Union is suing these casino companies for injunctive relief under the Labor-Management Relations Act regarding hazardous working conditions. The lawsuit alleges casino hotels have not protected workers, their families, and their community from the spread of COVID-19, and that the current rules and procedures for responding to workers contracting COVID-19 have been wholly and dangerously inadequate.”
This is like a horror movie, the virus kills people, but greed still calls the shots. This country has lost its way, there is nothing more important than the family and the health, the corporations need to get their managers up to speed on that quickly. The Culinary Union is very smart to not ask for money, I cant imagine a judge would not throw the book at disgusting behavior and attitudes like this…