ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Thousands of casino workers protested outside Resorts Casino Hotel on Thursday, denouncing steep pay cuts most employees had to take when new owners bought the casino last year and throwing down the gauntlet to all 11 of the city's casinos with contract talks coming up soon.
Bob McDevitt, president of the union, Local 54 of Unite-HERE, said Resorts' actions were shameful and can't be allowed to occur at other casinos in the struggling gambling town.
The union, which represents housekeepers, food and beverage workers and other service staff at the casinos, has been seething since Resorts was sold in December. Casino industry veteran and former Las Vegas mob investigator Dennis Gomes and New York real estate magnate Morris Bailey bought Resorts at the fire sale price of $31.5 million, a small fraction of the $140 million its previous owners paid for it a decade ago.
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