Workers at Station Casinos’ Fiesta Rancho in North Las Vegas and Sunset Station in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson have voted overwhelmingly to join the city’s Culinary and Bartenders unions.
The votes bring to six the number of Station properties in the Las Vegas Valley opting for union representation and seeking to negotiate contracts with the company governing wages, working conditions and other benefits.
At Fiesta, 147 of 200 eligible workers voted in favor of unionization by an 85 percent margin, Culinary Workers Local 226 said. At Sunset Station, 437 of 600 eligible workers voted, 83 percent voting for unionization. Both elections were conducted by secret ballot overseen by the National Labor Relations Board.
Station, which is owned by publicly traded Red Rock Resorts, has said repeatedly that it doesn’t oppose unionization, but it has fought the organizing efforts at all six properties𑁋which include Boulder Station, Palace Station, Green Valley Ranch and the Palms𑁋and has refused to recognize the votes.
Station also operates four other casinos in the valley: Red Rock Resort, Santa Fe Station, Texas Station, and Fiesta Henderson.
Station’s workers “have spoken loud and clear that they want a union, fair wages and good benefits like at other union casinos in Las Vegas and that they want to be treated fairly on the job,” said Geoconda Argüello-Kline, secretary-treasurer of Local 226.
“We call on Station Casinos to immediately negotiate and settle a fair contract for the workers at Fiesta Rancho, Sunset Station, Palms, Green Valley Ranch, Palace Station and Boulder Station.”
The Culinary and Bartenders Local 185 are the Nevada affiliates of UNITE HERE, which represent more than 57,000 workers in Las Vegas and Reno.
Station declined to comment, according to local news reports.
