Labor Board: Culinary workers win, Fertittas Sisters lose

[ZuffaKiller]

Culinary Union wins ruling against Fertitta brothers' casino empire at National Labor Relations Board

Bad news for the Fertitta sisters as the National Labor Relations board came down on the side of the Culinary Union and upheld a 2011 administrative judges' ruling that Station Casinos violated labor law in its attempt to prevent the Culinary Union from organizing its employees. Station Casinos is owned by Lorena and Francesca Fertitta III, who are also majority owners of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Vegas Inc has more:
A three-member panel of the NLRB issued an order rejecting an appeal by Station and upholding the bulk of the findings of an administrative law judge, who in September 2011 found there had been 82 violations arising from events mostly in 2010.

The board ordered Station to offer to rehire two employees the board says were unlawfully fired for their union activities and to pay them back pay, though records show both workers have already been rehired.

The company was also ordered to make whole another worker for her loss of work opportunities due to her union activities and to remove from its files any reference to "unlawful discipline" imposed on two more employees.


http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/10/5/3459754/culinary-union-wins-ruling-against-fertitta-brothers-casino-empire-at

[KSW]

Great news

[nodogoshiModerator]

I hate these sorts of union crushing mother fuckers.

The thing that gets me is the "82 violations since 2010."

The people who manage corporations are rarely truly held accountable for their criminal activities. They use the courts to stall, delay, manipulate, and whatever legal expenses, or whatever fines, etc. are simply chalked down as a business expense, more or less.

Still, good news, and a good victory for labor.

[Sonatine]

A victory for the working man. Good job!

[stu3ufc]

lol at the ferrata sisters ahaha

[stu3ufc]

fuckkk man I'd fucking hate to work for zuffa ...get fired for anything

Do you think that person fired was logan because she got rehired?

Id love to see the list of the 82 violations. i wonder if that banning of sponorships was in there too i.e clinch gear and RCVA

[monaroCountry]

A message from Fedor to the shady sisters.

[nodogoshiModerator]

fuckkk man I'd fucking hate to work for zuffa ...get fired for anything

Do you think that person fired was logan because she got rehired?

Id love to see the list of the 82 violations. i wonder if that banning of sponorships was in there too i.e clinch gear and RCVA

This is about their casinos not Zuffa.

[Dagwood]

Id love to see the list of the 82 violations. i wonder if that banning of sponorships was in there too i.e clinch gear and RCVA

This is just some of the things they were charged with.

Enjoy...

USGov vs MMA's Fertittas: NV's Biggest Unfair Labor Practice Case
by dagwood » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:49 pm


This has been going on for a while but I think it is pertinent to how MMA's dominant player's history has been with their Casino employees and the National Labor Relations Board.

As things moves forward with the StrikeForce merger and the new position major league/top-tier fighters are in as a result... it would be good to get some perspective on MMA's Fertittas and their labor-relations history.

The case below is ongoing and a decision by the federal government won't be brought down until later this year. The Frank Fertitta III-run & Fertitta family-owned Station Casinos is now facing 197 charges by the National Labor Relations Board which is a record for any Nevada owned company. The charges include: illegally using... threats, intimidation, interrogation, surveillance, bribery, discouragement, discrimination, discipline and physical assault against employees engaged in lawfully protected union activities.

This situation is also having a huge impact on MMA being sanctioned in the state of New York. It seems this is not only coming up to bite the Fertitta's in the butt... but it is affecting all fans, promotions and fighters in New York as well as the national scene.

See the Oct. 2010 & June 2011 Culinary Worker's Union press releases and Las Vegas Hispanic TV station video below...

US Gov. vs Fertittas: NV's Biggest Unfair Labor Practice Case


The National Labor Relations Board Complaint vs Station Casinos Contains over 165 Charges, says Culinary Workers Union Local 226

October 26, 2010

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) begins to prosecute its Unfair Labor Practice case against Station Casinos, Inc. in front of Administrative Law Judge Geoffrey Carter. The NLRB’s complaint against the dominant Las Vegas locals casino operator and the third-largest private employer in Las Vegas has grown to include more than 165 charges, the most ever against a Nevada gaming company. The NLRB alleges that, from February 19 through August 31, the company has illegally used threats, intimidation, interrogation, surveillance, bribery, discouragement, discrimination, discipline and physical assault against employees engaged in lawfully protected union activities. The hearing is expected to last several weeks as Station workers testify in the government's case against the company.

“We certainly hope Station Casinos will not retaliate against any of the workers who are brave enough to testify against the company during the NLRB hearing”

“People will see clearly now that Station is a very anti-union company that is trying to do everything it can to stop us from having a voice on the job and winning a better life for our families,” said Norma Flores, a food runner at Fiesta Henderson and one of the Station Casinos Organizing Committee members who will testify as a government witness in the hearing.

“We certainly hope Station Casinos will not retaliate against any of the workers who are brave enough to testify against the company during the NLRB hearing,” said Geoconda Arguello-Kline, President of the Culinary Union Local 226. “It is bad enough that Station is running an aggressive anti-union campaign, which has led to this massive NLRB complaint. It will be adding insult to injury if it punishes workers further for speaking out against allegedly illegal behavior by their supervisors and managers.”

In February 2010, workers from Station Casinos’ ten major properties in the Las Vegas area formed the Station Casinos Organizing Committee to demand that the company allow Station workers to exercise their right to decide whether to unionize.

The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 is the largest local affiliate of UNITE HERE, which represents more than 250,000 workers throughout the U.S. and Canada who work in the hospitality, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, laundry, and airport industries.


Contacts
Culinary Workers Union Local 226
Ken Liu, 702-387-7001
kliu@culinaryunion226.org

Press Conference: U.S. Government Issues Massive Complaint Against Station Casinos


The U.S. Government's National Labor Relations Board has issued the largest ever complaint against a Nevada gaming company for violating workers' right to organize. The complaint alleges that, from February 19 through April 7, fifty-four Station managers and supervisors broke federal labor law 127 times.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101026007114/en/U.S.-Government-Begins-Prosecute-Largest-Unfair-Labor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSRcQXZS6l4

[monaroCountry]

charges include: illegally using... threats, intimidation, interrogation, surveillance, bribery, discouragement, discrimination, discipline and physical assault against employees engaged in lawfully protected union activities.

Those shady mafia bastards.

Theres only one shady mafia and thats Zuffa and the Fertittas. I guess Vadim and Fedor arent scared with these low life scums. Being friends with Putin and Fedor means that you dont need to be scared with anyone.

[Longtime Fan]

The bolded paragraph in the op is business as usual for zuffa , only it extends into the world of Mma where unfortunately they don't have a union to defend them. Only Tito .

















LoL (that ol' Tito Ortiz pro-union effort was shorter lived than the Rulon Gardner's Mma career)

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