Dealers call for union at 3rd casino

ATLANTIC CITY The battle over whether casino dealers should join labor unions heated up Friday as workers at a third gambling hall sought an election to certify a union there, and a right-to-work group unsuccessfully sought to cancel or delay a union vote scheduled for today at another casino. The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, a Virginia group that says it fights “compulsory …

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Sat, March 31st, 2007

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