AC casinos pressured for unionization

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey As reported by the Press of Atlantic City: “In the battle that we’ll call The United Auto Workers Union Versus Atlantic City Casinos, the score so far is UAW one, casinos zero after a majority of Caesars Atlantic City dealers voted mid-March for union representation.

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Fri, March 30th, 2007

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