Dealers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino have voted to unionize. The dealers voted 1,289 to 852 on Saturday in favor of joining the United Auto Workers, which represents about 6,000 workers in the gambling industry in Detroit, Atlantic City and Newport, R.I. The vote was held after the National Labor Relations Board rejected a motion by the casino’s owners, the Mashantucket Pequot Indians, to delay the process while the board reviews the ruling by regional labor board officials that found the dealers had the right to unionize. The Pequots had argued that tribal employment law has jurisdiction in the matter.þþ
Source: NY Times
