The contentious fight between Nevada casinos and the politically powerful Culinary Workers Union Local 226 over legally mandated daily room cleaning is coming back to Carson City from an unexpected source — a freshman Republican state senator.

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In 2023, the Culinary Union fiercely opposed the passage of SB441, a bipartisan measure supported by the resort industry that ended daily room cleaning mandates initially implemented during the pandemic. 

During months of negotiations with more than 50 Strip and downtown resort operators that finally wrapped up in early 2024, the union reinstated daily room cleaning language into the five-year collective bargaining agreements that expire in 2028.