LAS VEGAS - Downtown's Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino has reached a tentative labor agreement with the Culinary Union overnight.
The union agreed to a five-year deal that covers more than 1,300 workers at the hotel-casino.The union continues negotiations with nine casinos and 4,100 workers.
The contracts of 50,000 unionized workers expired at the beginning of this year. In May workers voted to authorize a strike over the lack of progress on contract negotiations.