At Wynn Las Vegas, dealers who organized through the Transport Workers Union last year — but have yet to sign a labor contract — are now in the midst of a union decertification effort.

Steve Wynn is opening his Encore resort next door and has notified unionized dealers they aren’t eligible for jobs there while contract negotiations are under way. Dealers also were notified that they would not be eligible for improvements in their health insurance in the interim.

Ergo, the effort among some dealers to decertify the union. Just as the dealers who were upset by Wynn’s policy of sharing tips with supervisors were organized through an Internet campaign, the decertification drive is playing out as well on the Internet, at www.wynnnonuniondealers.com.

The Web site asks dealers what their union has done for them lately.

Management at Wynn Las Vegas is observing the drama from a distance while dealers urge their peers to stick together, saying a union with no contract offers more job protection than no union at all.                            [up]