Big unions team up for casino pacts in 4 states
Four of the nation’s largest labor unions are teaming up to kick-start stalled contract talks with casinos in four states, starting with New Jersey.
Related Casino News:
- BUSINESS BRIEFS: Unions team up against casinos; Grants back green energy
- Unions bet on gambling at W.Va.’s The Greenbrier
- Unions want casino building jobs
- Nation’s biggest unions team up to kick-start talks with Atlantic City casinos
- Unions kick off casino drive
- Unions kick off casino vote drive
- Unions Back Casino For Western Mass.
- Mayors, unions revive casino push
- Patrick to take casino gambling plan to unions
- Unionized AC casino dealers still lack contracts
- Group joins in fight over unions at casino
- Two Unions File To Represent Foxwoods Casino Slots Technicians
Gambling casinos info:
- Parimutuel wagering refers to the type of gambling where the total prize pool is based upon the amount of money wagered. The more money gambled, the bigger the prize.
- Pathological gambling is recognized as a medical disorder by the American Psychiatric Association and has elements of addiction similar to alcohol and drug addiction.
- Massachusetts decriminalized bingo in 1931 in an attempt to help churches and charitable organizations raise money. Bingo was legal in 11 states by the 1950s, usually only for charity purposes.
- In 1980, the American Psychological Association included pathological gambling in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III).
RSS feed
