After many failed attempts to unionize dealers in this gambling city, more than 80 percent of the floor employees at Caesars Atlantic City casino have voted to join a union.
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070319/NEWS03/703190323/1007/Full- and part-time table game, keno dealers and simulcast employees voted 572 to 128 late Saturday to become part of the United Auto Workers union, according to the national union.
"Atlantic City is a real union town, but the one huge group of workers who were not unionized were the dealers," said Elizabeth Bunn, secretary-treasurer of the national UAW. "The movement is excited about changing that, about bringing dealers in."
The union is also seeking to represent workers at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino; a certification election will be held there on March 31.
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