Saying they aren’t getting any justice, members of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 said the Palms Casino won’t get any peace.
Hundreds of union members marched in front of the Palms on March 18, saying management is interfering with the unionizing process and won’t abide by requests to stay neutral as the union tries to organize the resort’s about 900 workers.
The union in June wrote Palms President Todd Greenberg to ask him to direct casino management to stay neutral during organizing, but it says Greenberg rejected the request, and pro-union workers are being harassed.
“Palms Casino Resort is proud of our team members and we value our direct relationship with them. Of course, Palms respects the law at all times concerning the right to engage in protected activities, including lawful organizing,” Palms Spokesman Alex Acuna said in a statement.
Some 26 Palms workers signed the June letter to Greenberg, and the union says a majority of workers signed a second petition that the union submitted in September.
The union says it did not receive a response from Greenberg, and the lack of a reply amounts to a rejection of its request, prompting the March 18 picketing. It also says it filed a report with the National Labor Relations Board, which has not replied.
The latest organizing efforts come amid reports that the Palms has hired a broker to sell the resort, which likely would have a selling price of several hundred million dollars.
