Empress Casino Denies Workers' Right to Organize
August 31, 1999
Empress Casino, which operates two gaming boats on the Des Plaines River, near Joliet, Ill., has refused to allow its workers to join a union, despite a written statement from the company supporting its employees' right to joina union and an overwhelming majority vote by Empress marine officers in favor of organizing, says a national union.
Marine officers employed aboard casino boats Empress I and Empress II, voted to join American Maritime Officers (AMO), a national union representing licensed engine and deck officers in the U.S. merchant marine.
According to AMO, Empress Casino refuses to recognize the election and will not negotiate a union contract with the workers, despite a written commitment in a company memo from the company's president honoring its employees' right to join a union.
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