Lake Tahoe Dealers:

Your company 401(k) match is gone.

Caesars Palace Dealers still have their match because they voted for Union representation. 

Rio Dealers voted "no" and have no 401(k) match, just like you.

Caesars Palace Dealers still have not paid any Union dues! 

What our Union could do about layoffs:

1. Fight to eliminate hour-twenties.  The person who claims to be your "representative" is also the person who chose increased layoffs over relinquishing her corporate cost-cutting measure that she brought from St. Louis.  In the hour versus hour-twenty "consequences" meetings of 2008, management told us that they would have to hire thirty (30) new Dealers if they gave up their hour-twenties.  It follows, then, that they if they changed our system to the Nevada standard 60:20 system, there would be nearly 30 fewer Dealers laid off by any impending cutbacks.

2. Preserve benefits.  Locking in "status quo" insures that your benefits are as protected as they can be.   Previous layoffs of Lake Tahoe Dealers meant one thing: reduction of the corporation's costs through the elimination of benefits. 

3. Guarantee recall.  Despite Management's claim about the layoffs of 2008, there is no legal requirement for them to rehire those they let go last summer.  They can hire whomever they would like when business increases again.  TWU can negotiate in our Contract that you will be guaranteed a job as a Dealer when business levels increase.

4. Quotas.   As stated elsewhere, it is common knowledge that part-time Dealers cost the company less than full-time Dealers.  A Contract can keep the company from laying Dealers off for no other reason than to save money on its employee benefit expenditures.

Stations Casinos, the other Nevada casino company owned by private equity, eliminated their employees' 401k matches. Without our Union, you have no legal say over the protection of your retirement benefits.

Who are the only Dealers in Nevada who have a say over their future? 

Union Dealers of Caesars Palace and Wynn, represented by TWU!

To Dealers who follow this website - you know who you are -

We need more people to help with our cause:

Better wages, working conditions, and job security.

Educate yourself, stand up, or accept Management's dictation.

Become an organizer.

We have been here before and did nothing.

This time, we have a better choice!

The same choice Caesars Palace and Wynn Dealers made...

TWU

How will this affect us?

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Read "Back Issues" of our fliers here.

The clock is ticking

     The Nevada Supreme court heard the case regarding the legality of seizing Dealer tips for redistribution on April 7, 2008.  Protect yourself and your friends!  This affects all tip earners, waitresses and bartenders included.

Read about Harrah's new owners under the TPG!! tab above.

Do not "wait and see" Harrah's confiscate our tips only to have to fight to get our money back.  We can prevent it today!

Help Yourself Now!

SUBMIT YOUR CARD!

Navigating the Site

The "Back" button must be used instead of closing windows.

     An "Hour-Twenty" tab has been added (top) to set the record straight on this topic.

     TPG!! is an eye opener.  Learn about a deal that was blocked because they planned too many cuts and layoffs.

     There is a lot of information contained in this website.  It can be overwhelming and continues to expand.  If you are new or just returning to the site, here are some of the highlights.

     First, learn the facts that they stopped short of telling you in the meetings plus our response to the meetings within the buttons labeled "Myths and Lies" and "The Meetings."

     "Link of the Week" contains important links to elsewhere on the internet.  Among them, you will find parallels between our meetings and Steve Wynn's final Union-busting meeting with Wynn Dealers and a recording of his speech.   

     Track the progress of Dealers nationwide who are organizing on the "Dealers Unions" page.

     "Union Advantage" highlights some of the differences between some compensation packages of Union vs. non-union employees.

     We still have no guarantee from Management that they will not seize our earnings for redistribution!  "Stealing our Tips?" continues to explain this issue that we can easily prevent.

     Click on the "Union Busting" tab to learn about Harrah's efforts to subvert our efforts to secure our financial future.  In a typical Union-busting campaign, a company like Harrah's can be expected to pay $10,000 per employee.  That is no joke.  Harrah's will likely spend millions of dollars on its out-of-town Union busters that it could have been investing in its loyal workforce all along.  This section has expanded. 

     It is our employer who chooses to make the situation ugly, not the workers wishing to form their Union.  Click on "Exposure" video to learn about a $6,000,000 two-month Union-busting campaign against MGM's Dealers.  How much does Harrah's save by making us work hour-twenties? Major casino corporations hire pricey Union busters, but they continue to concern themselves with saving a couple dollars on each of us daily by overworking us.

     TWU Local 721 website is now operating.  Click on the logo at the edge of the screen to link.

A Union brings rights to our workplace that we have never had.

Organizing a Union is our right.  It is Federal Law.

This is the first step in the process:

Complete your authorization card and mail it to:

Transport Workers Union Of America
Las Vegas Dealers Local 721
2770 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 510
Las Vegas, NV 89109

(702)476-0648