Maria Balandran, a former buffet cook assistant at Green Valley Ranch Resort in Henderson, said she was laid off during the pandemic’s shutdowns and tried to reapply to her position through a job fair, but she was told there was nothing for her. Still, some workers said they were passed over in favor of new candidates. The company has said about a third of those employees were retained at other Station locations, and it held job fairs for the remaining former employees who wanted to return. Union members say they want hiring priority for the workers who were laid off when Texas Station, Fiesta Rancho and Fiesta Henderson permanently closed. “We would say that they should sit down and negotiate a fair contract and allow these workers to have job security and the same standard set the rest of the workers in this town have.” “It’s really a shame that this company claims to be a beneficial part of this community to take on its own workers like this,” he said. But the goal of Thursday’s picket was to draw attention to the company’s lack of “good faith” bargaining, Culinary Secretary-Treasurer Ted Pappageorge said. Negotiations are ongoing at properties where Station Casinos has recognized its bargaining obligations, the union said. In April 2022, Red Rock Resorts, parent company of Station Casinos, was ordered by a National Labor Relations Board judge to bargain with the Culinary and Bartenders unions. The union has pursued representation votes at multiple Station properties since 2016. The public push by Culinary Local 226 was meant to bring attention to its long-stalled effort toward having a first-time union contract for the casino company’s employees. Picketers from the Culinary union, partners from the Nevada AFL-CIO and current and former Station Casinos employees held signs that called the operator of Red Rock Resort, Palace Station, Green Valley Ranch Resort and other properties “unfair.” Meanwhile, banners on the company’s building touted it as a top gaming employer offering family health benefits.

(Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) of people carrying large signs tried to capture the public’s attention outside of Station Casinos’ corporate headquarters on Thursday.

Culinary Local 226 members picket outside of Station Casinos headquarters on Thursday, Jan.

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