Winnipeg casino workers vote to strike Dec. 23
Posted December 2, 2023 2:27 pm.
Unionized workers at Winnipeg’s three casinos voted in favour of strike action if a deal cannot be reached with the government in the next three weeks.
More than 750 employees at McPhillips Station Casino, Club Regent Casino, and the Shark Club Casino say they will walk off the job if a deal is not reached by Dec. 23.
Members of Unifor Local 144 – including dealers, cashiers, slot attendants and security – voted 98 per cent in favour of strike action.
The union says workers have been without a collective agreement since June 2022, claiming wages have increased 1.75 per cent in six years.
“We don’t have endless patience,” Gavin McGarrigle, Unifor’s western regional director, said in a news release Saturday. “Unifor members make Manitoba Lotteries wildly profitable. They’ve earned a fair contract.”
Job action is scheduled to begin Dec. 23 at 12:01 a.m.
