10/09/2023
THE RESTAURANT WORKER NEWSLETTER: #2
Workers at Alexxa’s Kitchen and Bar inside Paris Casino have joined the Culinary Union’s campaign to organize 10,000 non-union restaurant workers on the Las Vegas Vegas Strip! Workers asked the company to be neutral as they organize, but Alexxa’s owner JRS Hospitality responded with anti-union meetings run by consultants Labor Information Services, the same anti-union firm Amazon hired and paid $665,000. The Culinary Union has already filed a charge against Alexxa’s alleging multiple violations with the National Labor Relations Board. A leadership committee of Alexxa’s workers attended big table negotiations with the Culinary Union and Caesars Entertainment Corporation at Paris Casino last month. “I believe that the non-union restaurant workers deserve the same standard as us and to be treated with respect. If non-union restaurant workers ever picket their restaurant, I want to be able to respect their picket lines and be in solidarity. There are thousands of workers up and down the Las Vegas Strip who are standing up to fight for a better future and as a shop steward and Culinary Union member I have their backs!” - Francisco Rufino, a cook at Paris Casino and Culinary Union Union member for 25 years. Culinary Union is organizing 10,000 non-union restaurant workers beginning with Eataly Las Vegas at Park MGM and Alexxa’s at Paris Casino. To learn more, go to UnionEats.org which features stories of nonunion restaurant workers who are organizing!
THE UNION ADVANTAGE: EATALY @ PARK MGM NON-UNION COOK
UNION COOK
Based on a Culinary Union survey between June 2023 August 2023 14 out of 48 cooks in non-union positions at Eataly.
$17/hour on average pay $150 a month for health care with $300 copays
$24/hour on average FREE individual & family health care
half of cooks surveyed have <$1,000 in savings
guaranteed union pension
cannot take a break until shift is over
guaranteed & paid union meal breaks
In another city, Eataly owner Mario Batali separated from Eataly in 2018 after allegations of sexual misconduct. Batali had no role in the ParkMGM Eataly.
strong protections regarding sexual harassment & immigration
ALEXXA'S @ PARIS
JOIN US! TAKE THE 2023 NON-UNION RESTAURANT WORKER SURVEY!
bit.ly/226onejob Griffin Hurley Busser
George Chavez Food Runner
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