Trump casinos try to block union electoral victory

The parent company of three casinos bearing Donald Trump’s name moved today to block the results of a vote by dealers at Trump Plaza to join a labor union. Trump Entertainment Resorts filed an objection with the National Labor Relations Board seeking to set aside the results of a March 31 election in which dealers voted by a more than 2-to-1 margin to join the United Auto Workers. The vote was …

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Mon, April 9th, 2007

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