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A man takes pictures of Caesars Palace hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Jan. 12, 2015. The Culinary Workers Union in Las Vegas has reached a tentative deal with casino giant Caesars Entertainment that could help avert a sweeping strike. The deal announced early Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, marks a major breakthrough after several months of unsuccessful negotiations. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Las Vegas culinary workers reach tentative agreement with Caesars casinos

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., leave the stage after a Democratic presidential primary debate, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, hosted by ABC News, Apple News, and WMUR-TV at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Nevada Culinary Union warns Warren, Sanders over health care plans

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Culinary Union to host Buttigieg, Klobuchar and Steyer

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Sanders gets pushback on health care from some union workers

By MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2018 file photo, Democratic candidate for president Joe Biden speaks to supporters during a Nevada Democratic Party rally at the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 in downtown Las Vegas. Nevada's powerful casino workers' Culinary Union will hold a series of town halls next week with Democratic presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, the group said Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. The town halls in Las Vegas on Dec. 9-11 are designed to give the White House hopefuls a chance to pitch themselves to the bartenders, housekeepers and other workers in the city's famed casinos. (Christopher DeVargas/Las Vegas Sun via AP, File)

Powerful union to host Biden, Warren, Sanders in Nevada

By MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press

Airline catering workers plan protest at Las Vegas airport

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at a town hall event at the Culinary Workers Union, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Harris zeroes in on health care before powerful Nevada union

By MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press

Las Vegas casino workers picket Palms, call for negotiation

By MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press

D. Taylor, president of Unite Here, speaks in front of the Palms casino-resort, Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in Las Vegas. Members of a powerful Las Vegas casino workers union and other hospitality workers picketed outside the Palms, which has refused to bargain with the union. (AP Photo/John Locher)

The Latest: Las Vegas casino workers picket Palms casino

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FILE - In this May 22, 2018 file photo, Culinary Union members exit a university arena after voting on whether to authorize a strike in Las Vegas. Hospitality workers around the country will picket the restaurants of celebrity chefs and offices other business partners of a Las Vegas-based casino operator that has refused to bargain with a union. The Culinary Union on Tuesday. March 19, 2019 said the picketing workers in San Francisco, Cleveland and other cities will demand that Station Casinos begin contract negotiations with employees of the Palms casino-resort. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)

Widespread pickets planned in support of Las Vegas union

By REGINA GARCIA CANO - Associated Press

Unionized workers, Treasure Island reach tentative contract

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Union, 2 Las Vegas casinos agree on tentative contracts

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Union, Las Vegas casinos continue to reach labor agreements

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Casino workers in Las Vegas continue weekly picketing

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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2016, photo, cars drive into the MGM Grand hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Thousands of unionized workers at Las Vegas casino-resorts operated by MGM Resorts International are set to approve their newly negotiated five-year contract. The agreement up for a vote Tuesday, June 19, 2018, includes wage increases and stronger protections against sexual harassment for 24,000 bartenders, housekeepers and other members of the Culinary Union. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Unionized MGM workers in Las Vegas ratify contract

By REGINA GARCIA CANO - Associated Press

In this photo taken May 22, 2018, members of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, assemble for a presentation in a university arena before an evening vote on whether to authorize a strike in Las Vegas. The union representing Las Vegas casino-hotel workers has reached tentative agreements for new contracts with two companies that employ more than two-thirds of the 50,000 workers threatening to strike and is now focusing on negotiations with smaller casino operators. The Culinary Union on Monday, June 4, 2018, said it is turning its attention to 15 properties that still need contracts, including Tropicana, Treasure Island, Golden Nugget and SLS. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

Union negotiates with smaller Vegas casinos to avoid strike

By REGINA GARCIA CANO - Associated Press

FILE--In this March 20, 2013, file photo, Culinary Union workers demonstrate along Las Vegas Boulevard outside the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino while protesting their contract negotiations with Deutsche Bank in Las Vegas. The union representing thousands of Las Vegas casino workers estimates that the two largest resort operators would lose more than $10 million a day combined if housekeepers, cooks and others go on strike at any time starting Friday, June 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, file)

The Latest: Vegas casino worker contracts close to expiring

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FILE - In this May 22, 2018, file photo, members of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, assemble for a presentation at a university arena before an evening vote on whether to authorize a strike in Las Vegas. The two largest resort operators in Las Vegas would lose more than $10 million a day combined if housekeepers, cooks and others go on strike, a possibility starting Friday, the union representing thousands of casino workers said, Thursday, May 31, 2018. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, File)

Vegas casinos face threat of 1st worker strike in 3 decades

By REGINA GARCIA CANO - Associated Press

File - In this May 22, 2018 file photo, volunteer Jenifer Murias yells into a megaphone as Culinary Union members file into a university arena to vote on whether to authorize a strike in Las Vegas. The union representing thousands of Las Vegas casino workers says the two largest operators would lose more than $10 million a day combined if housekeepers, cooks and others go on strike. The Culinary Union on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, released documents explaining how it thinks a one-month strike would impact MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)

Union: Strike would cost top Vegas casinos over $10M a day

By REGINA GARCIA CANO - Associated Press

Union organizers Angie Qin, left, and David Saba hold signs as members of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, file into a university arena to vote on whether to authorize a strike Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Las Vegas. A potential strike would affect 34 casino-hotels. A majority yes vote would not immediately affect the casinos, but it would give union negotiators a huge bargaining chip by allowing them to call for a strike at any time starting June 1. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

The Latest: Vegas casino workers OK strike for June or later

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