Because of a union contract in December, severance at the Las Vegas Strip resort includes $2,000 for each year of employment, with no cap on the benefit. So, hundreds of employees could receive as much as $60K each.

“It’s a significant part of that workforce that has been working there for decades,” Secretary-Treasurer of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Ted Pappageorge said during a Zoom news conference earlier this week.

In Las Vegas, hotels are bought and sold on a regular basis,” Pappageorge added. “New projects are welcomed to Las Vegas, but workers can’t be discarded like an old shoe.”