LIVESTREAM: Station Casinos, Contract NOW!
Tuesday, October 27, 2026: Culinary Union hosted a press conference with AG Ford, Reps. Titus, Horsford, & Lee after the U.S. Supreme Court issues ruling in favor of Station Casinos workers who have been organizing to win a contract - Red Rock Casino workers won. On September 4, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Station Casinos' emergency attempt to block the federal order requiring Red Rock Casino to recognize and negotiate with the Culinary Union and that order is now in effect. Workers at Red Rock Casino voted to unionize in 2019 and have waited nearly seven years for this moment. For the sake of their employees and the Las Vegas community, it is time for Station Casinos to move forward and negotiate a fair contract now. Over 5,300 workers unionized at eight Station Casinos properties before the pandemic and since 2021, the company has been subject to one of the largest labor law enforcement cases in U.S. history. Station Casinos just had the best financial quarter in its history. Workers have helped build that success and securing a fair union contract at Red Rock Casino is how Las Vegas moves forward together.
Press conference after the U.S. Supreme Court issues ruling in favor of Station Casinos workers
Culinary Union host a press conference with Attorney General Aaron Ford, Congressional representatives Dina Titus, Steven Horsford, and Susie Lee after the U.S. Supreme Court issues a ruling in favor of workers who have been organizing to win a first-time union contract. Red Rock Casino workers won. On September 4, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Station Casinos' emergency attempt to block the federal order requiring Red Rock Casino to recognize and negotiate with the Culinary Union and that order is now in effect. Workers at Red Rock Casino voted to unionize in 2019 and have waited nearly seven years for this moment. For the sake of their employees and the Las Vegas community, it is time for Station Casinos to move forward and negotiate a fair contract now. Over 5,300 workers unionized at eight Station Casinos properties before the pandemic and since 2021, the company has been subject to one of the largest labor law enforcement cases in U.S. history. Station Casinos just had the best financial quarter in its history. Workers have helped build that success and securing a fair union contract at Red Rock Casino is how Las Vegas moves forward together.
Press conference after the U.S. Supreme Court issues ruling in favor of Station Casinos workers
Culinary Union host a press conference with Attorney General Aaron Ford, Congressional representatives Dina Titus, Steven Horsford, and Susie Lee after the U.S. Supreme Court issues a ruling in favor of workers who have been organizing to win a first-time union contract. Red Rock Casino workers won. On September 4, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Station Casinos' emergency attempt to block the federal order requiring Red Rock Casino to recognize and negotiate with the Culinary Union and that order is now in effect. Workers at Red Rock Casino voted to unionize in 2019 and have waited nearly seven years for this moment. For the sake of their employees and the Las Vegas community, it is time for Station Casinos to move forward and negotiate a fair contract now. Over 5,300 workers unionized at eight Station Casinos properties before the pandemic and since 2021, the company has been subject to one of the largest labor law enforcement cases in U.S. history. Station Casinos just had the best financial quarter in its history. Workers have helped build that success and securing a fair union contract at Red Rock Casino is how Las Vegas moves forward together.
Vote Joe Spica for Assembly District 35!
Why does Nevada let strip mall Emergency Rooms overcharge us? On April 22, 2025, State Assemblymember Dr. Edgeworth voted against requiring refunds for patients who are overcharged. Who is leading a Nevada campaign against strip mall Emergency Room overcharges? Joe Spica, Chair of the Healthcare Affordability Task Force, is leading the fight to stop overcharges in strip mall Emergency Rooms. Independent Joe Spica does what he thinks is right. Vote for your neighbor, Joe Spica, for Assembly District 35! ✉️ Early voting: Ends on Friday, October 30. 🗳️ Election Day: Tuesday, November 3. 🔗 Endorsement Guide, Early Vote locations, & Election Day Vote Centers: WeVoteWeWinNV.org Paid for by WE VOTE, WE WIN.
Vote Joe Spica for Assembly District 35!
Why can’t Nevada stop AI data centers? On May 31, 2025, State Assemblymember Dr. Edgeworth wouldn’t stop AI. Joe Spica has improved healthcare for 120,000 Nevadans. Joe Spica, Chair of the Healthcare Affordability Task Force, won’t let AI interfere with your family’s healthcare. Joe Spica. Strong enough to be independent. Vote for your neighbor, Joe Spica, for Assembly District 35! ✉️ Early voting: Ends on Friday, October 30. 🗳️ Election Day: Tuesday, November 3, 7am-7pm. 🔗 Endorsement Guide, Early Vote locations, & Election Day Vote Centers: WeVoteWeWinNV.org Paid for by WE VOTE, WE WIN.
LIVESTREAM: Membership meeting w/Kamala Harris, Dina Titus, Aaron Ford -
Culinary Union to host a membership meeting with former Vice President Kamala Harris, Congresswoman Dina Titus, and Attorney General Aaron Ford - Las Vegas, NV - On Wednesday, October 21, Culinary Union will host a membership meeting with former Vice President Kamala Harris, Congresswoman Dina Titus, and Attorney General Aaron Ford to speak to hundreds of Culinary Union members. Nevada is in the Trump Slump. Trump’s tariffs, chaotic immigration and mass deportation policy, the war in Iran, and high grocery and gas prices are hurting working families and driving away the Canadian, Mexican, Southern California, and international tourism Nevada depends on. Governor Lombardo has done nothing to protect workers from the Trump Slump. He hasn’t done anything to stand with workers employed at Station Casinos, a company federal labor regulators found carried out "extensive, coercive, and unlawful misconduct" against its own employees, including illegally firing workers and using the pandemic as cover to discriminate against workers trying to organize. The Fertittas, who control Station Casinos, each donated $1 million to a Lombardo-affiliated PAC, while Station Casinos itself donated another $1 million. They collectively were responsible for about one-third of all money raised by Lombardo in 2025. Trump’s short-sighted No Taxes on Tips plan includes a marriage penalty, leaves out banquet and restaurant workers who get tips through service charges/buyouts, penalizes immigrant workers, and is temporary - set to sunset when he leaves office. As tourism continues to decline under Trump's policies, many hospitality workers aren’t making enough in tips to tax in the first place. As Lombardo runs for re-election in a state built and run by unionized hospitality workers, Culinary Union continues to demand to know why the governor stands with Station Casinos and Trump’s harmful economic agenda instead of fighting and delivering for the working people who run Nevada's economy.
Vote Joe Spica for Assembly District 35!
Nevada allows AI to overrule your doctor’s medical judgment. On May 31, 2025, State Assemblymember Dr. Edgeworth voted to let AI keep doing it. Who helped negotiate quality medical care without AI interference? Joe Spica, Chair of the Healthcare Affordability Task Force didn’t let AI overrule a doctor’s judgment for 120,000 Nevadans. Vote for your neighbor, Independent Joe Spica, for Assembly District 35. Early voting ends Friday, October 30. Election Day: Tuesday, November 3. Voting guide, Early Vote locations, and Election Day Vote Centers: WeVoteWeWinNV.org. Paid for by: We Vote, We Win.
House Democrats’ Hearing on Affordability & Cost of Living Crisis
On August 28, 2026, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee and Democratic Nevada Members of Congress Representatives Dina Titus, Steven Horsford, and Susie Lee held a Field Hearing. Culinary Union Secretary Treasurer Ted Pappageorge was invited as an expert witness to the Field Hearing held at the Las Vegas City Hall. The Field Hearing examined how Trump’s policies have driven up the cost of living for working families, from skyrocketing gas prices and grocery bills to rising housing costs, and the economic impacts driving up costs from Trump’s illegal war with Iran. Last year, Las Vegas saw the largest ever drop in visitor volume going back to 1970 without a single major event. Visitation dropped by 7.5% in 2025, with over 3 million fewer visitors compared to 2024. Starting in January, 2025, this White House began to insult and bully other countries with political taunts and economic tariffs while ramping up a dangerous campaign to arrest, detain, and deport immigrants. Through its actions here and abroad, this administration told the world that the U.S. does not respect or welcome foreigners. It should then be no surprise that the rest of the world heard the message loud and clear and many of them decided not to come to the U.S., including Las Vegas. More wars of choice, with missiles or tariffs, are not going to boost consumer confidence. So here in Las Vegas, fewer visitors to Las Vegas means fewer customers in the casinos and hotels, fewer covers and fewer tips in the restaurants, and all that means is fewer hours and shifts for Culinary Union members. And what’s more, prices are still too high and they did not come down on Day One of this new administration. We are all trying to do our best to earn a decent living, support our families, and try to give our children a little more and a little better than what we had. We cannot do any of that if our financial situation gets more precarious by the day. We need our government to take concrete steps to help us get out of this Trump Slump, grow the Las Vegas tourism economy again, and come with meaningful ways to make life more affordable for working people. Right now, working families are hurting, this country is off the rails and we've got to get it back on track.
Culinary Union calls on U.S. Senate to pass Faster Labor Contracts Act
On September 23, 2026, Culinary Union joined U.S. Senators @senbooker from New Jersey and @sencortezmasto from Nevada to call on the Senate to pass the Faster Labor Contracts Act, bipartisan legislation that would guarantee workers who vote to form a union a first contract without years of delay. Under current law, there is no deadline for an employer to reach a first agreement once workers vote to unionize. Workers wait an average of 465 days for a first contract, and many never get one at all. The Faster Labor Contracts Act would require employers to begin bargaining within 10 days of a union's written request to negotiate, allow either party to request mediation from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service if no agreement is reached within 90 days, and refer the dispute to a three-person arbitration panel if mediation fails to produce a contract within an additional 30 days. An arbitration panel's decision would be binding for two years. “For 17 years, Station Casinos has done everything it can to block workers from exercising their right to a union contract - from firing leaders who organized their co-workers to using the pandemic as a scheme to break their union support,” said Ted Pappageorge, Secretary-Treasurer of the Culinary Union. “Workers at Station Casinos won their union through National Labor Relations Board elections and yet they’ve been dragged through endless delays, appeals, and bad-faith tactics by the company. Culinary Union and Station Casinos’ workers demand justice, applaud Senators Booker and Cortez Masto for their continued leadership, and urge the swift passage of the Faster Labor Contracts Act. This legislation is needed because it puts real timelines and consequences on bad employers who stall. We stand with Station Casinos workers who are organizing and we won’t stop fighting until we win strong union contracts.”
Culinary Health Center - Tropicana grand opening
Since the Culinary Union was founded in 1935, it has been a dream to create state-of-the-art facilities like the Culinary Health Centers. With the opening of the Culinary Health Center - Tropicana, we are living that dream. Located near the Strip at Tropicana Avenue and Decatur Boulevard, the new two-story, state-of-the-art facility features advanced medical equipment, a two-lane drive-through "Culinary FREE Pharmacy," 43 primary care rooms, 3 mental health counseling rooms, 15 dental care rooms, and 18 physical therapy evaluation rooms, including chiropractic and acupuncture services. For decades, Culinary Union is proud to have fought for and won health care legislation that has expanded access, strengthened patient protections, ended surprise medical bills, lowered costs, increased transparency, and have benefited all Nevadans and our entire state. Culinary Health Centers are a testament to the strength and power of Culinary Union members - guest room attendants, cocktail and food servers, porters, bellmen, cooks, bartenders, laundry and kitchen workers - who fought for and won the best healthcare and a better life for our families.