The Board found that “the most important unfair labor practices were planned and executed by Red Rock Casino and Station Casinos’ top management and owners.”
Specific violations included:
- Promising significant new benefits, including free family healthcare and an improved 401(k) plan, to discourage union support
- Threatening to withhold these benefits if employees voted for the union
- Implying that unionization would be futile due to years of unproductive bargaining at other properties
- Interrogating employees about union activities
- Issuing discriminatory work assignments to union supporters
The NLRB found that these actions constituted unfair labor practices that warranted both a Gissel bargaining order and the first-ever Cemex bargaining order.