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Letter
# 59
Subj:
How
Long Until You Forget??
Date: 01/14/2001 8:49:32 AM Pacific Standard
Time
From: # 59-Las Vegas
To: dealers@nfge.com
Hello Las Vegas Dealers,
Monte Carlo Dealers have struck down union
representation by a unanimous decision. Quite honestly I am
surprised by just how much the vote for representation was shot
down there and am more then disappointed considering I have never
heard anything good about working there.
I guess the dealers that work there have a very short memory of
prior working conditions before the threat of unionization woke
management up and management gave their sob stories about how they
did not know it was such an issue and that if you just give them
one more chance then they will change their ways.
Maybe they believed that if they voted union and became unionized
that they would not be able to get jobs at any other casino in
town (from what I know all the dealers at Monte Carlo have been
trying to find other jobs in town since they got hired there.)
By the way this is another lie by management that you have fallen
for -- The specific law states that an employer can not
discriminate against age, sex, religious affiliation, or
organization (that includes unions) that the applicant
belongs to. I know several people that used to be in a union
(bartender, waiters, etc...) that work at non-union hotels all
across the city of Las Vegas. I
feel the dealers there wanted union representation but were scared
because the lies that management told them.
To all Monte Carlo dealers: How long will it take for you to
forget that you had an opportunity to change the way Las Vegas
casinos treat casino dealers? How long do you think it will
take for management to go back to their old ways? (I give
them three months.) As soon as management at my casino heard
of the election results the first thing that one of the Asst.
Shift Managers did was go to the one of the union
"pushers" (managements favorite term) and tell him the
results while he was on a game like he was gloating.
That incident turned out to be managements biggest joke for the
rest of the night. ALL casino executives in Las Vegas are
gloating right now. Why? Because they know that if all
properties beat the Union vote that none of the properties in Las
Vegas will have to increase their wages or benefits to
compete with the union to keep union representation out.
Obviously Monte Carlo dealers forgot about working conditions when
they signed their cards and forgot how management treated them
before the threat of unionization.
Obviously casino executives are right that dealers
are dumb by believing that if you give them a quarter raise and be
nice to dealers that they will forget about union representation
and think that management will change for the better. How
long do you think it will take for Monte Carlo management to
forget?? Do you think they will remember next January when
it comes to consideration for that cost of living increase in your
hourly wages? (Management will get their increase to help
pay for inflation -- You can rest assured that the CEO of Mandalay
Bay Group and MGM-Mirage will get nice bonuses!!!) When the
corporation that you work for has a 30% increase in earnings do
you think they will remember you, the casino dealer as a part of
that success or do you think they will just give upper management
a nice bonus for a job well done?
The biggest fear of all Casino Executives in the city
of Las Vegas right now is that the dealers of one of the casinos
in this town will vote Yes for union representation. Why?
Because if there is one casino in this town that has better
benefits and a better hourly wage then all casinos will have to
follow to keep the union out of their casino! Do not
forget dealers of Las Vegas why you signed that union
representation card -- do not think of working conditions before
the threat of a union was hanging above your casino - think of the
working conditions that were in place before you signed that card.
Another lie of the casinos is stating that the TWU has no
experience in dealer representation and has no business being in
Las Vegas. First of all the TWU has stated that the National
Federation of Gaming Employees (the dealers that have been
striving for union representation since the late 1980's)
would have a major part in the negotiations of a contract for
representation. The people who started the NFGE are all
dealers that have been in the business for decades and know what
needs to be done to make Casino dealing jobs a respected
profession and not a tool for management to make millions of
dollars at a minimal investment.
Tell me Monte Carlo Dealers -- How long will it take for you to
forget? Will you have forgotten about Union Representation
when it comes down to applying for that new upscale resort only to
be turned down because the new property says they are looking for
somebody more qualified?-- Only to find
out later that they hired somebody that deals no games and does
not even live in Las Vegas!! Paris did this - I know of at
least one person there that got hired that did not even know how
to deal one game!!
Will you have forgotten when you are applying for that job at Hard
Rock and management asks you where are your tits? Yes CJ
(the casino manager at the time I applied there) I remember even
though that was five years ago. How about the famous letter
that I received from Venetian that said they hired somebody more
qualified than me-- only to find out that they hired several
dealers that only deal one game -- I deal all games very, very
proficiently- and I have a degree. (Maybe it was the fact
that I had to interview with a 20 year old UNLV intern that had no
clue about the casino business that did me in there.)
How about when you are trying to transfer into your company's new
premier resort only to find out that you are passed up and then
you have to train somebody off of the streets to learn how to deal
so they can be ready for that job? Hello Stevie Wynn and
Bellagio! I don't forget that either. How long will it
take for you to forget how much you have been humiliated by these
casinos? The casino corporations are right -- You are idiots
because you have already forgotten!! The past four months
have been easy street for all Las Vegas Dealers because management
has been showing you that they can change for the better -- I want
all Monte Carlo Dealers to keep track on a calendar how long it
takes for management to do something at your casino that you feel
is an injustice.
And I want all dealers in this town to remember the labor union
that was willing to help them (the TWU) make casino dealing a
respectable job where it takes skills to get a job and not tits.
If you think the TWU is not the right union then what is?
The Culinary union and the Teamsters would have nothing to do with
you because they are in the pockets of the casinos.
Did you forget that the Culinary Union and the
Teamsters were first contacted about union representation?
Obviously you did and obviously you forgot about working
conditions before the threat of unionization was hanging over
casino executives heads. I am just wondering how long it
will take for management to forget and return to their old
ways.....
P.S. --- Will you forget the next time you are turned down
for a dealing job only to learn that somebody that can not compare
to you in dealing ability and experience gets that job? I
highly suggest that you as dealers educate yourselves in the
practice of labor laws so you won't be so gullible in the future
when it comes down to union representation. By the way --
just to see if any of my statements are right about hiring
practices in this town, please respond to this letter at NFGE.com
if you are a dealer with 3+ years of experience dealing more then
one game (Let it Ride, Pai Gow Poker, War, Big 6, Caribean Stud,
Three card poker, ---no carnival games!!) -- state how you were
told you were not qualified and lets see if we can get a class
action lawsuit going!!!
Sincerely,
A Dealer that will not Forget.....
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