Just a couple of days before Station Casinos workers voted on whether to affiliate with the Culinary Union, management tried to get employees to oppose the union with the lure of tasty food.
The company served the culinary workers more than 500 complimentary steaks in 2019. Each was branded “Vote No!”
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Station Casinos Gave Workers Free Steaks, Possibly to Sway Union Election
Posted on: June 20, 2024, 10:54h.
Last updated on: June 20, 2024, 11:05h.
Just a couple of days before Station Casinos workers voted on whether to affiliate with the Culinary Union, management tried to get employees to oppose the union with the lure of tasty food.
A steak dinner, pictured above, is an example of a meal Station Casinos to its workers before a union vote. (Image: Lana’s Cooking)
The company served the culinary workers more than 500 complimentary steaks in 2019. Each was branded “Vote No!”
The giveaway was in response to workers previously saying the food they had been served in a free buffet wasn’t tasty. Food had become an employee concern.
By giving out the steaks, Station Casinos was hinting meals in the future would improve if the employees rejected the union during the 2019 vote. It turned out, the workers did oppose the union by a 627-534 vote.
Company Must Negotiate
Earlier this week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) further directed Station Casinos and parent company Red Rock Resorts to recognize and negotiate with the Culinary Union.
Management had taken part in “egregious and pervasive unlawful conduct” leading up to the union vote, the federal panel said.
The NLRB also claimed Station Casinos’ actions “stemmed from a carefully crafted corporate strategy intentionally designed at every step to interfere with employees’ free choice whether or not to select the [Culinary] Union as their collective-bargaining representative,” according to the federal ruling.
In response to the ruling, Culinary Secretary-Treasurer Ted Pappageorge said it “affirms what we have been saying for years — that Station Casinos violated the law and the company must bargain with the union because of its unlawful actions that corrupted the prospect for a free and fair union election.”