This was Shuler’s fifth visit to Detroit since Labor Day. We stand in solidarity with our union brothers and sisters on the strike line as they fight for the contract they deserve.” It is time to pay the workers who keep you in business a living wage, to provide health care that allows workers to care for themselves and their families and to guarantee the job security their employees have earned. “But despite Detroit casino owners making record profits, they are refusing to take care of their workers.

“Union casino workers kept this industry alive during the pandemic,” Shuler told Michigan Advance. The negotiations are reportedly boiling down to core issues, and hundreds of workers joined the rally. Unions participating in the strike include UNITE HERE Local 24, UAW Local 7777, Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 324, the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Teamsters Local 1038. AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler joined workers on the picket line at MotorCity Casino Hotel on Wednesday night for a rally as they continue their negotiations with management of the three casinos in Detroit.

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