Posted on 04/25/2020 2:42:04 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The powerful United Auto Workers union on Friday criticized Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman’s call to re-open casinos despite the continued risk of coronavirus, the latest labor organization to weigh in on her remarks.
UAW president Rory Gamble, whose union represents casino workers in Las Vegas along with automobile workers across the United States, called on Nevada politicians to denounce Goodman at a time when states are looking at how to re-open businesses in ways that keep workers safe.
“UAW Casino employees, their families and the community are not test subjects for her irresponsible theories on public health and the COVID-19 virus,” Gamble said in a statement.
Goodman, whose jurisdiction does not include the famed Las Vegas Strip, which is outside the city limits, has called closing the area’s resorts and casinos “total insanity.”
Earlier this week, Goodman appeared on several television news programs calling for an immediate re-opening of casinos.
“We’re ready to get back in business,” she said on MSNBC.
Business owners should keep their places clean, she said.
Her remarks prompted strong pushback from unions representing workers in the city’s hospitality industry and healthcare sector. Unions are powerful politically in Nevada, where a greater percentage of workers are represented by labor organizations than many other parts of the United States.
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If the casinos reopen, and tell former employees to return to work, the employees are no longer eligible for the current enhanced unemployment benefits.
Scab time
“A lot of holes in the desert, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes. But you gotta do it right. I mean, you gotta have the hole already dug before you show up with a package in the trunk. Otherwise, you’re talking about a half-hour to forty-five minutes worth of digging. And who knows who’s gonna come along in that time? Pretty soon, you gotta dig a few more holes. You could be there all f***in’ night.”
The guy’s name is Gamble, and he represents casino workers. Interesting.
Nicky is that you?
May I borrow your pen?
What does the United AUTO WORKERS union have to do with casinos re-opening? /s
If America doesn’t get rolling again there won’t be any more unions
The longer they wait to reopen, the less likely that they will.
Open, open, open Baby!
Even more interesting, the incompetent Philadelphia police commissioner is named Outlaw.
Unions, faced with declining membership, seek more fertile ground (membership dues and political influence) in non-traditional areas. Same as in Philadelphia, where the Teamsters represent skool administrators and principals.
Head of nail -— struck precisely!
“You know, you’ve got the wrong impression about me. I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do. For instance tomorrow morning I’ll get up nice and early, take a walk down over to the bank and... walk in and see and, uh... if you don’t have my money for me, I’ll... crack your fu@@in’ head wide open in front of everybody in the bank. And just about the time that I’m comin’ out of jail, hopefully, you’ll be coming out of your coma. And guess what? I’ll split your fu@@in’ head open again. ‘Cause I’m fu@@in’ stupid.”
I understand that the primary client base of gamblers may be more susceptible to COVID19. Surely there has to be some way to minimize the risks.
Cutting their nose off in spite of their face, typical progressive socialist agenda. Call to go back to work, you want us dead. How long do you think this can go on
And if they have no jobs?
No Blue State Governor would do that. People receiving unemployment payments don’t like “Indian-givers”.
Actually, He is working for the Democrat party seeking continued discredit of President Trump while using his UAW plantation slaves as political pawns
Las Vegans (is that correct?) already have experienced with crashed local economies. Remember the “housing bubble” in the late 2000s? I’m sure many of them do. Vegas was slammed worse than any city in the country. You’d think they’d want to avoid a replay of that at all costs.
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