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Lawyers representing managementat -owned Lumierew sent letters Thursday to representativee of Local 74 and its spinoff, , announcing a withdrawal of recognition of Local 74. “Thes union has evinced a lack of continuityof representation, altering the identity of the bargaininhg representative and establishing a fundamentakl change in the bargaining representatives,” DLA Piper lawyers representint Lumiere wrote to Dave Mortonn of Unite HERE Local 74 and Noel Beaslety of Workers United.
Lumiere started receiving competinf claims about which union was representing its kitche andhousekeeping workers, creating confusiom about the official union representation, said Todd general manager and vice president at “Our hope was that the unions wouldx be able to work this out amongst themselves,” he “We’re trying to stay out of the middlr of these competing unions.” He said Lumiere notified workers Thursday of the company’z decision to not recognize the union.
As a Local 74 filed unfair labor practice charges with the Nationa LaborRelations Board, said Morton, the organizing directo for Local 74, who callerd Pinnacle's actions "unlawful" and "ludicrous." “This has been nothin g more than an attempt by (Pinnaclee Chairman and CEO) Dan Lee and the headsa of Pinnacle Entertainment to be he said. Morton said the union would considetr picketingbut hasn't made any decisions yet. When asked abou the possibility of a strike orother action, Georgde said: “We would hope that wouldx not be the case, especially in this type of economy. That’s not the way we woul d like to proceed.
” If there is a Lumiere has a right to replace any workers who walk offthe job, accordinvg to Mack Bradley, a Lumiere spokesman. Unitse HERE was formed in 2004 when a garmentworkers union, and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Unionj joined forces. But the marriage wasn’t a happy one, with garmen t workers claiming that the newleadership didn’y care about their needs, leading to a lot of disgruntlex workers nationwide. So in some workers defected to createWorkersd United, which has been competinvg with Unite HERE to represent workers nationwide ever Local 74 voted in March to leav Unite HERE to become a part of Workerws United, Morton said.
Workers United is now affiliated withlabofr giant, . Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: PNK) is basexd in Las Vegas.
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