Some 220 unionized restaurant workers at the Palms must reapply for their jobs after the casino in August turned over some of its restaurant operations to Sodexo.
Starting November 2, Sodexo will oversee daily operations of the 24 Seven Café, Bistro Buffet, employee dining room, room service, and related operations.
Employees are offered their jobs with food-services provider Sodexo, but those who don’t take them have the option of joining other casino operations or accepting severance pay based on their time worked at the Palms.
Culinary Union Local 226 criticized the move as being motivated by the non-union casino’s to prevent its restaurant workers from organizing and becoming union members.
“The Palms decision to outsource hundreds of positions is disappointing and does not support a strong middle-class economy,” union Secretary-Treasurer Geoconda Arguello-Kline said in a statement.
