Just an hour from now, UNITE HERE, which represents some Indian Casino workers, will hold a rally on the North Capitol Steps. The Assembly is currently renegotiating reviewing the compacts for additional and expanded casinos in the state. Furthermore, these compacts could be at the leading edge of the fight for “card check” (PDF) in the nation as well. At this point it is not clear whether the labor issues will be dealt with. CPR has more:
Press release over the flip.
CASINO WORKERS TO RAISE VOICES TUESDAY AT CAPITOL RALLY
– REAL WORLD PROBLEMS IN PENDING GAMING COMPACTS –
Sacramento, CA – Casino workers and others will join forces to call out problems in the pending Indian gaming compacts before the California Legislature at a rally at noon on Tuesday, June 19 on the North Steps of the State Capitol. Hundreds of casino workers and others from San Diego, Los Angeles, Fresno, Long Beach, Temecula, the Coachella Valley, the Bay Area and the Sacramento region will highlight key problems in the pending compacts.
“These compacts guarantee billion-dollar monopoly gaming rights to the few and completely disregard basic rights for workers,” said Art Pulaski, Executive Secretary of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. “How can the Governor give away billion dollar gaming monopolies while the workers that keep these casinos running are left without federal and state worker protections? The Legislature has an obligation to send the Governor back to the negotiating table with a simple message: All Californians deserve the right to a voice at work.”
Several former and current Indian casino workers will join Pulaski at the noon rally to underscore protections for injured workers, inadequate health care, disregard for California child support obligations and intimidating tactics employed by tribal casino operators. The tribal compacts now pending in the State Legislature represent the largest gaming expansion in American history.
WHERE: STATE CAPITOL
WHEN: NOON, TUESDAY, JUNE 19
WHO: CASINO WORKERS & SUPPORTERS
WHY: PENDING INDIAN GAMING COMPACTS MUST BE RENEOGIATATED – WORKERS RIGHTS NECESSARY TO MAKE COMPACTS WORK FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS