The unions sent them back to work, leaving workers at Motor City Casino isolated, along with 1,000 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan workers striking in Detroit and other cities across the state.

Workers at Motor City Casino and Hollywood Casino in Greektown narrowly approved a deal similar to the one voted down at MGM Grand earlier this month. Workers at Ford and Stellantis also registered strong opposition, with workers at several large assembly plants voting down the agreement that abandoned all the major demands of workers, including the abolition of temp work and tiers. The contract rejection at MGM Grand follows the near-rejection of the contract by workers at General Motors, following the phony “stand up strike” conducted by UAW President Shawn Fain.

Official vote totals have not been released. With no cost-of-living clause, the pay increases would leave workers farther behind than ever. The deal rejected by MGM Grand workers included an average $3 per hour raise upfront and total raises of $5 an hour over the life of a five-year contract. They accepted pitiful wage increases amounting to less than 25 cents per hour even as workers got sick and died, keeping the gaming tables operating during COVID-19. The five casino unions making up the Detroit Casino Council, including the United Auto Workers, UNITE HERE, Teamsters, the Operating Engineers and the Carpenters unions, agreed to a contract extension during the pandemic. These are the first contract negotiations since 2015. While the unions called the previous contract offer the best in the 23-year history of the Detroit casino industry, that is a very low bar to cross. Workers reported that a new management contract offer is expected to be announced later this week for the MGM workers, including cooks, servers, cleaners, dealers and skilled tradesmen. Strikers picket MGM Grand Detroit casino November 28, 2023Īround 1,600 workers at MGM Grand Detroit casino continue to man picket lines following their rejection of a sellout contract at the highly profitable casino.

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