Casinos Fear May 1 Boycott Will Cripple Strip

[Flabbergasted]

http://cbs13.com/topstories/local_story_118152042.html

Casinos Fear May 1 Boycott Will Cripple Strip


(AP) LAS VEGAS Las Vegas Strip casino and union executives on Wednesday urged employees backing immigration reform not to leave their jobs on May 1, but instead sign a petition and attend a protest rally.

Executives feared thousands of Hispanic workers could take part in a planned May 1 "Day Without Immigrants" and cripple the Strip hospitality industry that provides thousands of clean sheets, rooms and meals to tourists every day.

"We are strongly urging the employees of our companies and our members to go to work on May 1," said D. Taylor, secretary-treasurer of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226. "We want the employees to go to work in order to sign the petition."

[Warpy]

1. Just think of all the hotel rooms staying filthy

tables in restaurants not being bused, food not being prepared in the first place.

[pitohui]

2. good they can hire a legal resident to do the job next time

no sympathy here for big corporations that profit from hiring slaves who can't complain

[Flabbergasted]

4. What gives you the idea that they "illegal?"

[Warpy]

6. No sympathy from me for any cheap labor conservative

or any cheapass employer who won't pay a full time worker enough to live on.

May they all be reborn as their own employees.

[Robb]

11. Sounds like they're unionized

Am I misunderstanding, or did the union leader say he didn't want his members to stay home in solidarity with undocumented workers? :crazy:

[Donkeykick]

10. Amen!

:toast:

[rocktivity]

3. They have the option of hiring Americans

if they don't mind providing a fair wage and benefits...

:evilgrin:
rocknation

[Flabbergasted]

5. They already do that!

[shamrock]

7. Yeah

I have two brothers, a brother-in-law, and two sister-in-laws who work in the Las Vegas casinos. They moved there because wages were much better than over here on the West coast.
(jobs are maintenance, security, and housekeeping)

[G2099]

8. Looks like America can't function w/o cheap leabor

It was cheap labor making America work all the time - who would have thought?

[elfin]

9. tough noogies eom