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“This initiative will make it unlawful for an
employer to arbitrarily take his employees’ tips.
This vote will go directly to the people of Nevada
and bypass these branches of government who are in
the pockets of the special interests groups,” stated
Badillo.
IUGE has created a branch of the union to Prevent
Employers to Seizure Tip, otherwise known as PEST.
The initiative was created to gather citizen’s
support for a change of Nevada statues.
The issue was precipitated and made most urgent by
Steve Wynn’s September 1, 2006 edict to confiscate
20% of the tips earned by Wynn Resorts casino
dealers.
“We are not going to play politics any longer. In
this state the legislature, the courts and the state
bureaucracy are afraid to make decisions against the
gaming industry,” said Badillo.
“Let the citizens of Nevada decide if Mr. Wynn is
doing the right thing by confiscating his employees’
tips by skimming 20% of their hard-earned money to
pay the salary of his floormen,” he added.
Badillo also wants to alert the dealers in their
casinos not to make the mistake of thinking that
this problem is limited and exclusive to Wynn Las
Vegas casino dealers.
Badillo believes that Wynn’s tip policy will
undoubtedly affect all tip-earners no matter what
their service industry tip-earning profession may
be, not only in Nevada but also throughout the
country, if not stopped.
PEST completely acknowledges and supports the
ongoing union negotiations and legal actions in
progress and will be working toward the same goal of
preventing employers from seizing tips with no
interference from other projects in progress,
explained Badillo.
Badillo insists that it is important that people
support this petition by visiting the
petition-gathering booths throughout the city and
signing the petitions.
The collection of signatures will begin immediately
and will be carried out mainly by an army of
tip-earner voluntaries, as well as members of the
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