The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) says Station Casinos has tried to undermine an ongoing unfair labor practice case against the Nevada company, which specializes in locals gaming halls in and around Las Vegas.
Late last month, in a filing in U.S. District Court in Nevada, the NLRB board claimed that Station has “not provided a significant portion of subpoenaed documents” and that the company is “deliberately evading” its obligation to comply. In doing so, the board said, Station has “prevented the board from carrying out its duties and functions.”
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Station Casinos tried to suppress nearly 150 specific document requests. In September, an administrative law judge ordered the company to produce the documents, but since then, only a handful of the subpoenaed documents have been turned over.
The company has “continued to provide a trickle of documents on a rolling basis, with a substantial number of anticipated documents yet to be produced,” the NLRB wrote.
In April, the board accused Station Casinos of using the pandemic crisis to weaken union organization efforts and influence employees to push for decertification. The board also accused the company of numerous unfair labor practices dating back to March 2018, including the promising and granting of benefits to employees to discourage support for the union and punishing employees for taking part in union activities.
In related news, though Station hasn’t reopened all of its properties after last year’s statewide casino shutdown, management says it wants to double its presence in the Las Vegas Valley.
“Right now as you can see we’re kind of in the development mode,” Lorenzo Fertitta, vice chairman of Station parent Red Rock Resorts, told analysts during a conference call on November 9. The company owns six undeveloped sites in the valley and likes the idea of “essentially doubling the size of our current operating platform here in Las Vegas by developing those properties,” he said.
Red Rock Chairman and CEO Frank Fertitta III added, “We’re going to continue to look at each one of the development sites here in Vegas as we roll forward, try to build out the portfolio, double the footprint here in Las Vegas.” It has broken ground on a site in Las Vegas and plans to develop Durango Station there.
