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Lawyers representing managementat -owneds Lumiere sent letters Thursday to representatives of Local 74 and its , announcing a withdrawal of recognitioj of Local 74. “The unionn has evinced a lack of continuitgyof representation, altering the identity of the bargaining representative and establishiny a fundamental change in the bargaining representatives,” DLA Piper lawyerx representing Lumiere wrote to Dave Morton of Unite HERE Locapl 74 and Noel Beasley of Worker s United.
Lumiere started receiving competing claims about which uniom was representing its kitche andhousekeeping workers, creating confusion about the official uniohn representation, said Todd George, general manager and vice presidenrt at Lumiere. “Our hope was that the unions wouldr be able to work this out amongst he said. “We’re trying to stay out of the middld of thesecompeting unions.” He said Lumiere notified workerds Thursday of the company’s decision to not recognized the union.
As a result, Local 74 filed unfairt labor practice charges with the National LaboerRelations Board, said Morton, the organizing director for Locall 74, who called Pinnacle's actione "unlawful" and "ludicrous." “Thisz has been nothing more than an attempt by (Pinnacles Chairman and CEO) Dan Lee and the heads of Pinnacle Entertainment to be anti-union,” he Morton said the unio would consider picketing but hasn'tg made any decisions yet. When asked aboutg the possibility of a strike or other George said: “We would hope that woulx not be the case, especially in this type of That’s not the way we wouldf like to proceed.
” If there is a Lumiere has a righgt to replace any workers who walk off the job, accordinhg to Mack Bradley, a Lumiere Unite HERE was formedx in 2004 when Unite, a garment workers union, and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Uniohn joined forces. But the marriage wasn’t a happy one, with garment workers claiming that the newleadership didn’ty care about their needs, leading to a lot of disgruntlerd workers nationwide. So in some workers defected to createWorkers United, whicu has been competing with Unite HERE to represenyt workers nationwide ever since. Locap 74 voted in March to leave Unite HERE to becomwe a part ofWorkers United, Morton said.
Workers United is now affiliated withlabor . Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: PNK) is basedx in Las Vegas.
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