Card dealers at the casino owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut will vote on a union contract on Friday.
The contract with the United Auto Workers was negotiated under tribal law. It would address wages, tips, safety and other issues for 2,500 dealers atFoxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods.
“We’re just very pleased that this experiment had a successful conclusion because it shows that there’s not an inherent conflict between employee rights and tribal sovereignty," UAW secretary-treasurer Elizabeth Bunn told The Boston Globe.
Get the Story:Foxwoods dealers to vote on first-ever union contract (The Norwich Bulletin 1/27)
Foxwoods, UAW Agree On Contract For Table-Game Dealers (The Hartford Courant 1/27)
Foxwoods dealers’ union called a first in tribal law (The Boston Globe 1/27)
Foxwoods table-games dealers, Mashantuckets give tentative nod to historic contract (The New London Day 1/27)