2003 Labor News Archive



Hospitality Industry News

Culinary and Bartenders Unions
reach five-year agreement with MGM Grand

Laid-off non-union Reno hotel workers seek insurance law reform
Current federal statutes have no teeth

Ex-Sundowner workers desperate; insurance canceled
City of Sparks continues to criminalize work

Protestors picket President Bush appearance, Yucca dump

Culinary Union helps organize successful community campaign
against Station Casinos expansion to Red Rock

Culinary Union joins with Sierra Club
to oppose Station Casinos tower

Caesars/Park Place puts Reno Hilton on the market

NEVADAN AT WORK: DONALD "D." TAYLOR
Culinary Local 226 secretary-treasurer
Union boss steadfast in his fight for people

LV union members face transfer or job loss
due to Siegfried and Roy show closure

Culinary training program gets financial boost
from federal government


Culinary and Bartenders unions launch
www.LVAladdinAlert.info

Reno Gazette-Journal tells the story
"A new website for visitors and meeting and convention coordinators...news about the labor dispute, links to alternative hotel accommodations, e-mail updates and info of interest to customers..."

Labor leader: Aladdin is Culinary Union's no. 1 priority




Culinary Union sets its sights on Station Casinos

Venetian Hotel joins Utah Mormon Temple appeal
of sidewalk usage case to U.S. Supreme Court

Teamsters temporarily extend expired contract with 20 LV hotels

Some LV cabbies push for video cameras in their cars

Letter to the Editor — Read between lines of Rio cocktail server change

Rio fires cocktail servers to hire subcontracted "bevertainers"

Culinary and Bartenders unions break ground on new training academy

Cancer claims life of Culinary Local 226 VP Vernon Wayne Tillmon, Sr., 50

Union hails IRS tip deal for waitresses, bartenders, cocktail servers, bellmen

National Labor Relations Board files federal complaint
against Binion's Horseshoe on behalf of Culinary and Bartenders unions

Newspaper Editorial — Gaming industry should bear the cost of work cards

2001-2002 Hospitality Industry News Archive

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Workers' Rights
Will the real lawyers for the 7-Up workers please stand up?

Ex-Sundowner workers desperate; insurance canceled
City of Sparks continues to criminalize work

Nevada injured worker wins $16 million in damages

Team America assets frozen, workers not getting paid

Nevada Supreme Court rules for injured electrician

Newmont workers overwhelmingly reject contract offer

Law speeds Nevada Equal Rights Commission cases

9th Circuit Court: City can't stop free speech at Fremont Street Experience

Nevada man wants return to state job after U.S. Supreme Court victory

Governor signs bill benefiting disabled firefighters
and others injured on the job

Worker wins landmark discrimination case against Caesars Palace

Whistleblowers sue Newmont Mining over wrongful termination
Lawsuit accuses the world's largest gold mining company of routinely misleading state regulators about pollution at Nevada mine.

NATIONAL PRECEDENT: U.S. Supreme Court upholds
Nevada employee's right to family leave in landmark case

COCKTAIL WAITRESSES' LAWSUIT: Deal closes book on 'Fat Meeting' case
Final plaintiff reaches confidential settlement with Mirage

Fired LV worker's sex discrimination case appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
Case vs. Caesars Palace may set far-reaching precedent

Cesar Chavez birthday celebrated in Reno
New Chavez postage stamp unveiled. Dolores Huerta visits Las Vegas.

Sen. Neal's workplace rights bill moves forward

Park officer alleges harassment in retaliation
for blowing whistle on hidden cameras in locker room

Topless dancer accuses cops and management
of harassment and union busting

LV exotic dancers fight city over licensing and job status; ACLU involved
These people really need a union!

Editorial — Gaming commission's new work card rules lack privacy safeguards

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Construction unions picket Las Vegas Valley Water District demanding conservation measures

Laborers' Union reinforces tough new Nevada road workzone penalty law with aggressive new media campaign

State labor commissioner wants changes in prevailing wage law

Ratty tricks: Laborers' union uses massive rodent to send a message to construction company

Review-Journal Road Warrior answers motorists' construction zone questions

Columnist: Respect road construction flaggers

2003 State Prevailing Wage Study Posted

Las Vegas road woes spark artful protests

Clark County school board rejects project labor agreement despite big union turnout

Assembly Speaker Richard Perkins, D-Henderson, proposes bill to privatize state public works board

Bid rigging prompts bill to audit university system

Construction defects issue looms large

Point/Counterpoint —Should Nevada construction defect laws be overhauled?

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Economy-Wages-Government

 

Nevada jobless rate sinking — 5.4 % LV & Statewide; 3.6% Reno
Las Vegas Review-Journal 12-20-2003

A sign of better times: Surveys suggest more companies
will hire workers in first quarter of 2004

Nevada Sept. jobless rate holds steady at 5.2%

Income drops, poverty rises again

Nevada Aug. jobless rate drops to 5.2%

Nevada bucks national trend of job losses

Dot1web will pay back wages

Dot1Web — State seeks criminal prosecution
in huge back wages case

June unemployment down slightly statewide,
up in some rural counties

Nevada jobless rate dipped in May

May Southern Nevada economic gauge up from a year ago

Report: salary increases don't keep up with housing costs

U.S. Dept. of Labor LV convention draws criticism

Dot1Web owes $500,000 in back pay

State workers picket legislature
for collective bargaining bill

Legislative committee passes bill authorizing
collective bargaining for state workers

"A Matter of Class" — Unequal schools in LV

Collective bargaining for state employees debated
Lawmakers almost exchange blows

NEVADA LIVING WAGE LAW PROPOSED

Activist rebuts Review-Journal editorial opposing living wage

Study supports need for Nevada living wage
Las Vegas Review-Journal story
Las Vegas Sun story
Reno Gazette-Journal story


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Health Care & Safety



Desert Springs Hospital union workers vote
to keep Service Employees as representative

Fired LV bus drivers dispute safety findings

Nevada officials — California-style
workers comp crisis can't happen here

Sunrise Hospital and union officials express high hopes
for new union contract

LV CAT paratransit refuses service to blind 80 year-old

Miners rescued unhurt eight hours after fire

Delay in re-trial of woman who killed six teen highway workers

NDOT road construction worker struck by 18-wheeler
on Interstate 80 near Elko

Feds: Barrick failed to anticipate risks in Nevada miners' deaths


Governor signs bill benefiting disabled firefighters
and other workers


Bill Harnedy, fireman who helped change
firefighter safety law, dies



Newmont Mining accused of impeding federal investigation

Sens. Reid and Lieberman object to perchlorate study

Proposed Pentagon changes may not affect or help cleanup
of PEPCON residual perchlorate contamination

Federal officials narrow environmental exemptions

PUC opens hearing into death of gas pipeline worker

Union says Republic lax in recycling and safety

University Medical Center financial problems
will affect all Las Vegas residents

Las Vegas Union Pacific workers picket over safety concerns

Many Nevadans lack health insurance

Nationally, mining deaths hit historic low — 67 in 2002
Nevada had two, down from four in 2001 and six in 2000

LV traveling nurses make double that of permanent staff
and don't need to travel much

Wall Street Journal points finger at Kerr-McGee
for water contamination

More waitresses come forward
with chemical exposure complaints against Harrah's

Harrah's LV workers still living with chem spill 3 years later

2001-2002 Health Care & Safety News Archive

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Industrial Plant Disasters

Nevada Supreme Court backs benefits for widow of industrial accident victim

State Senate unanimously approves bill raising fines for companies
skirting safety laws which results in worker deaths

Aerotech will face no criminal charges

Hazmat task force calls for uniform regulations

2001-2002 Industrial Plant Disaster News Archive

Nuked Nevada Workers

Move nuked workers' claims to an agency that cares
Las Vegas Sun editorial

Lawmakers urge speedier payments to ex-Nevada Test Site workers

Yucca Mountain official denies pressuring whistleblowers

Report predicts worker cancers at Nevada nuclear "pit" plant

Nuke agency reorganization delay saves 150 jobs

Feds to transport bomb-grade plutonium and uranium to Nevada Test Site

LV Sun Columnist Jeff German — Test Site workers scrooged

Feds plan job cuts at Nevada Nuke Test Site

2001-2002 Nuked Nevada Workers News Archive

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Service Trades and Public Sector


Marshals union, City of Las Vegas in standoff

19-year prison guard counts days to retirement, reflects on life

Ex-troopers file civil rights action against current and former NHP chiefs

Low Wal-Mart labor costs contribute to supermarket strikes across the country

Sen. Reid tries to stop privatization of national park jobs

State Printing Office to become part of LegislatureCommunications Workers (CWA 9413) members remain only state employees with collective bargaining rights

Machinists & Aerospace Workers union rallies in support of Henderson U-Haul employees wanting to unionize — Photo+caption

WAL-MART WOES WITH WOMEN — Ex-Miss America raises hell at Las Vegas store

Columnist: Carson City needs local merchants, not Wal-Mart

UNITE pickets Las Vegas Starbucks

Bus drivers' firings upheld on appeal

Retaliation by transit management alleged

Three drivers in jeopardy of firing for speaking before Las Vegas RTC board hearing

Nevada Highway Patrol mechanic wins appeal, loses job

NATCA controller bashes LV Review-Journal editorial favoring privatization of air traffic control

Nevada state worker pay falls behind other states




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