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NLRB Schedules Union Election |
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National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Charges Foxwoods with Numerous Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs)
UAW News Release, 11/06/07
HARTFORD – The NLRB scheduled the union election for Foxwoods casino dealers for Saturday, November 24th. Foxwoods casino dealers reacted positively that their election will be held in accordance with federal labor laws.
“The casino dealers are so excited to move forward,” said Mary Johnson, a 14-year Table Games dealer at Foxwoods. “A super-majority of us signed cards, and now we’ll have the opportunity to cast our ballots to vote yes for our union.”
“ No matter what language we speak, we know how to say ‘union yes’,” said Sherry Lee, a table games dealer who has worked at Foxwoods for nine years. |
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By Mark Peters, Hartford Courant, 10/25/07
A federal labor official cleared the path Wednesday for table dealers at Foxwoods Resort Casino to vote on whether to unionize, a victory for the United Auto Workers, which is trying to organize 3,000 dealers at the southeastern Connecticut casino.
The decision by Peter B. Hoffman, a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board, rejected arguments from the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, which had contended that the NLRB does not have jurisdiction over the casino on its reservation.
The UAW expects a vote to be held within the next month, even if tribal leaders appeal the decision to the full, five-member labor relations board in Washington, D.C.
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NLRB Rules Foxwoods Must Hold Union Election |
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by Patricia Daddona, The Day, 10/25/07...
Citing a ruling from the precedent-setting San Manuel Indian Casino case involving a much smaller casino, Regional Director Peter Hoffman found that such tribe-run enterprises “acting in interstate commerce do not fall under the ‘self-governance’ exception” to the general statutes that apply to Indian tribes.”
“I find that the incidental affects on tribal government that could potentially occur as a result of the application of the (National Labor Relations Act) to Foxwoods’ employees, which the employer claims would directly threaten the tribe’s political or economic security, are insufficient to deny the exercise of the board’s jurisdiction," he wrote. |
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Foxwoods union vote is approved |
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Elected Officials Support Foxwoods Union Vote |
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