The union did not immediately release details Wednesday on the tentative deal with Caesars, which would cover around 10,000 workers. Around 25,000 workers are employed under the two companies’ contracts. If deals aren’t reached with MGM and Wynn, the strikes could impact nine properties on the Strip: eight run by MGM, including the Bellagio and MGM Grand, and the Wynn Las Vegas. “The companies’ proposals would be the best contracts we’ve had in history.

“We’re not going to stand by and have workers shortchanged,” he said during a Tuesday press conference. Echoing the words of United Auto Workers members who recently went on strike, Pappageorge said the operators must deliver a “record contract” if they want to prevent huge disruptions. Ted Pappageorge, the union’s secretary-treasurer, said before the announcement of the Caesars deal that workers were preparing for what could be a “historic” work stoppage.

We are working to reach an agreement soon,” said Michael Weaver, the Wynn spokesperson. “We have had productive bargaining sessions. An MGM spokesperson said its negotiators were meeting with the union Wednesday, and a Wynn spokesperson said its negotiators were scheduled to meet on Thursday. The fact that the union reached an agreement with Caesars bodes well for averting strikes at the other companies. But the union says Wynn Resorts and MGM Resorts must reach similar deals by a Friday morning deadline to avoid workers walking off the job and hitting the picket lines. The Culinary Workers Union said it reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with Caesars Entertainment early Wednesday after 20 hours of bargaining. Thousands of service workers in Las Vegas are preparing to go on strike Friday if they can’t settle new contracts with two of the city’s major hotel and casino operators.

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