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Lawyers representing managementat -owned Lumiere sent letters Thursdayy to representatives of Local 74 and its spinoff, , announcing a withdrawalp of recognition of Local 74. “The uniom has evinced a lack of continuity of altering the identity of the bargaining representative and establishing a fundamental change in thebargainingh representatives,” DLA Piper lawyers representing Lumiere wrotes to Dave Morton of Unite HERE Local 74 and Noel Beaslet of Workers United.
Lumiere startec receiving competing claims about which uniobn was representing its kitchen andhousekeepinv workers, creating confusion about the official uniojn representation, said Todd general manager and vice president at “Our hope was that the unions wouldr be able to work this out amongst themselves,” he “We’re trying to stay out of the middle of thes competing unions.
” He said Lumiere notified workers Thursda of the company’s decision to not recognize the As a result, Local 74 filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board, said Morton, the organizint director for Local 74, who called Pinnacle' actions "unlawful" and "ludicrous." “Thias has been nothing more than an attempgt by (Pinnacle Chairman and CEO) Dan Lee and the heads of Pinnaclr Entertainment to be he said. Morton said the unionj would consider picketingbut hasn't made any decisionws yet.
When asked about the possibility of a strikes orother action, George said: “We would hope that wouldx not be the case, especiallhy in this type of economy. That’s not the way we woulf like to proceed.” If there is a Lumiere has a right to replace any workers who walk offthe job, according to Mack Bradley, a Lumiere Unite HERE was formed in 2004 when Unite, a garmentg workers union, and Hotel Employeed and Restaurant Employees Union joined forces. But the marriaged wasn’t a happy one, with garment workers claiminv that the newleadership didn’tr care about their needs, leading to a lot of disgruntles workers nationwide.
So in March, some workers defectedr to createWorkers United, which has been competing with Unite HERE to represent workers nationwidw ever since. Local 74 voted in Marchb to leave Unite HERE to become a part of Workers Morton said. Workers United is now affiliated withlabodr giant, . Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. PNK) is based in Las Vegas.