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Aug 26, 2007 8:43 am US/Eastern
Tropicana Card Dealers Join Auto Workers Union
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ―
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Tropicana dealers vote to unionize
Full- and part-time card dealers at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City have approved a bid to unionize.
The union says the dealers voted 626 to 157 late Saturday to join the United Auto Workers.
The UAW has been pushing hard to organize workers at all of Atlantic City's 11 casinos. It has won elections at four gambling halls and lost at two others. Earlier this year, a majority of casino dealers at Caesars, Bally's and Trump Plaza voted for UAW representation.
On Thursday, slot technicians at Caesars Atlantic City casino approved a bid 20-to-11 to join the UAW.
Dealers at Caesars voted in March to unionize, while cashiers at the casino will make their decision on September first.
The UAW, one of the nation's largest labor unions, represents six thousand gaming employees in Detroit, Atlantic City and Newport, Rhode Island.
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