Twin River Workers to Strike on Friday, RI Revenues Could Be Impacted, & Raimondo Monitoring
Friday, June 09, 2017
Over 300 Twin River Casino food and beverage workers who are members of UNITE HERE Local 26 will walk off the job for a two-day strike beginning Friday, June 9, at 4 AM, said union officals.
Twin River Casino unilaterally reduced healthcare coverage on January 1, despite years of growing casino revenue.
"We are monitoring the situation and have reached out to both sides," said David Ortiz, spokesperson for Governor Gina Raimondo. Gaming is Rhode Island's third largest source of revenue and a strike could impact business at Twin River and, correspondlingly, revenue.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST"Workers are demanding that health benefits be restored, family healthcare made more affordable, and reasonable raises," said the Union of Thursday night.
Will Union Workers Building the Hotel Cross the UNITE HERE Picket?
“There's no indication whatsoever that construction of the hotel will be impacted in any way (by a strike of Unite Here Local 26 of the Food and Beverage Workers),” said Patti Doyle, spokeswoman for Twin River Casino.
On Wednesday afternoon the union that represents cocktail servers, cooks, and other food and beverage workers at the Twin River Casino authorized s strike by a vote of 327 to 5.
“Workers gave the company until 4:00 am on Friday morning to come up with a deal. If not, they’ll walk out,” said the union.
Doyle said, “"We were aware in advance of the possible strike action by a subset of Twin River Casino employees. We have prepared for this eventuality and expect no interruption in the food, beverage and gaming service we intend to provide our customers this weekend.”
Twin River has placed ads in local publications for positions in our food and beverage departments. We have immediate openings, and offer highly competitive wages and benefits.
Related Slideshow: How Do Twin River Casino and Plainridge Park Casino Match Up?
With Plainridge Park Casino opening in Plainville, MA, GoLocal looked into how the new facility will measure up against Twin River Casino in Lincoln, RI.
Defintions:
1.) Payout Percentage: How much of each dollar spent is won back by a customer.
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