The president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, who as a state senator played a key role in shaping the expanded gaming law, is calling on Wynn Resorts to follow in the footsteps of Mohegan Sun — its competitor for the lucrative Boston-area casino license — and sign a pledge to stay neutral in any future elections that would decide what unions represent workers in its casinos.
"I don't care who gets (the license), all I want them to do is stay out of it," said Steven Tolman, under whose umbrella a host of unions fall, including UNITE HERE, which represents hospitality workers in Wynn's Las Vegas casino. "Some of (the casino companies) could be supportive more of a union that might be more amenable to the company's needs. Labor harmony was in the legislation, so all that means is that they keep out of it, they allow a democratic process to take place without them interfering."
Mohegan Sun, which is proposing a casino at Suffolk Downs in Revere, has labor harmony deals with several unions, including IBEW Local 103, Teamsters Local 25, UAW and Laborers Local 22.
Both Mohegan and Wynn have reached harmony agreements with the union organizations who would build a casino, but only Mohegan has them with unions who could represent casino employees. In its license application, Wynn says it intends to enter into harmony talks on casino jobs after it receives the license.
"Since opening, Wynn has had positive union relationships at our Las Vegas location; we will have the same positive relationships in Everett," Wynn spokesman Michael Weaver said.
"We were very pleased with the positive comments made by UNITE HERE at our Surrounding Community hearing, which we believe were indicative of the nature of our long-standing agreements with labor."
Its application touts relationships with UNITE HERE's Las Vegas chapter as well as unions representing bartenders and dealers.
"Wynn Resorts has long-standing constructive relationships with organized labor in its operations in Las Vegas," the application says.
The state gaming law calls on the Gaming Commission to base its license award decisions in part on "whether the applicant has included detailed plans for assuring labor harmony during all phases of the construction, reconstruction, renovation, development and operation of the gaming establishment."
In testimony before the commission, Tolman and representatives from the UAW have praised Mohegan for reaching the labor harmony deals and criticized Wynn for not yet doing so. The UAW represents dealers at Foxwoods in Connecticut and Newport Grand Slots in Rhode Island, as well as casinos in Atlantic City, Ohio, Detroit, Indiana and Las Vegas.
UNITE HERE, which sponsored efforts to defeat Mohegan's casino at the ballot box in Revere in February, has endorsed Wynn's Everett plan, president Brian Lang said. The union flew two workers from Wynn's Las Vegas casino to a recent Gaming Commission hearing to praise the company's working conditions.
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