LAS VEGAS (AP), Nev. — A union representing more than 60,000 hotel housekeepers, bartenders and porters is backing a lawsuit alleging that one of Nevada’s largest private employers is breaking state law by not rehiring workers laid off because of coronavirus pandemic closures two years ago.
Culinary Union officials said Tuesday the civil lawsuit filed in state court by 76 non-union hospitality workers alleges “flagrant violation” by Station Casinos of a state “right to return” law the politically powerful union backed and the Legislature adopted last year.
“They demand the right to be rehired, and reinstatement into job positions in which they are qualified,” Ted Pappageorge, union secretary-treasurer, told reporters and a room full of supporters and plaintiffs in the case at a Culinary Union hall in Las Vegas.
“They cannot decide to toss you out like an old shoe, or trash to kick to the curb,” the union leader said.
“We’re human beings that have not been treated fairly,” said Barbara Tivas, a banquet server for almost 13 years at Green Valley Ranch in Henderson who said she has not been rehired. She was one of five plaintiffs who spoke during the rally.
Pappageorge characterized Station Casinos as Nevada’s third-largest private employer.
Station Casinos officials declined to say how many people the company employs.
The union has for years waged a vocal and sometimes acrimonious battle to unionize employees of the subsidiary of publicly traded Red Rock Resorts Inc.
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