Barbie Tivas worked as a banquet server at Green Valley Ranch outside of Las Vegas for 14 years before she was laid oW in March 2020. Since then, she has been living on unemployment while she applies to new jobs, but opportunities are few and far between. Her home is also in forbearance.

Nevada represents a key battleground for recall rights. While most recent legislation around recall rights has happened at a local level, a state bill under consideration in Nevada would give hospitality workers the right to get their old jobs back, regardless of whether they are unionized.

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"I thought they had my back because for 14 years I had their back," she said. "I've worked in 114-degree summers out here, catering weddings in the hottest of heat, serving Seder dinners in the rain. We as workers have given our all to the company to help them get to where they are, and they forgot about us. They kicked us to the curb like we were a worn pair of shoes."

Tivas felt that the company used the pandemic as cover to hire less experienced workers.

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"I want to go back to work so bad," Tivas said. "I'm just trying my best to look to the future.