The council said the agreement “includes the largest wage increases ever negotiated in the Detroit casino industry’s 23-year history (including an immediate 18% pay raise on average), no health care cost increases for employees, workload reductions and other job protections, first-ever technology contract language, retirement increases and more.”Īfter months of negotiations, unionized Detroit casino workers launched a strike on Oct. The council and Detroit casino workers said last week that the tentative deal is “historic” and includes wage increases and benefits that help close the cost-of-living gap that workers say has only widened in recent years. The strike at those two properties officially ended at 9 p.m. Workers at MotorCity Casino and Hollywood Casino at Greektown voted in favor of the five-year contracts over the weekend.

“All employees were voting on the exact same contract, which the DCC itself said was ‘a historic investment in Detroit’s future’ and ‘fulfills the gaming industry’s promise to Detroit of high-paying casino jobs with good benefits.’” “It’s also disappointing because the other two Detroit casinos voted ‘yes’ on ratification,” Buckley said.

“This is a very disappointing result, especially considering the historic nature of our offer and the fact that it would immediately and positively benefit our DCC-represented MGM Grand employees and their families,” Matt Buckley, president and COO of MGM Resorts Midwest Group, said in a statement Monday. MGM officials previously said the company offered several proposals throughout the bargaining process, which included the casino’s “largest pay increase” in its history. Officials only said that unionized workers voted separately at each of the three Detroit properties, and that “more bargaining dates” would be scheduled for negotiations. The Detroit Casino Council, which represents unionized casino workers from several unions, did not say why MGM Grand Detroit employees rejected the tentative deal with the company. 20 after voting down the tentative contract agreement reached with the company. However, unionized casino workers at MGM Grand Detroit were still on strike Monday, Nov. DETROIT – After reaching a tentative union contract last week with three Downtown Detroit casinos, unionized workers at two of the casinos voted to ratify the deal to officially end their strike over the weekend.

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