The Western Regional Director for Unifor, Gavin McGarrigle, revealed wages for the balloted casino employees have increased by just 1.75% since 2017 while Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation last year raked in an annual profit of some $546.4 million. In an effort to break the long-running log jam in negotiations, Local 144 Unifor revealed that 98 percent of its membership employed by the casino-operating Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation recently voted to take strike action if a new contract could not be finalized by the start of the upcoming Christmas holidays. The 750 employees represented by the Local 144 Unifor trade union work as cashiers, dealers, slot attendants, and customer service representatives at the Shark Club Casino, Club Regent Casino, and McPhillips Station Casino and have been laboring without a contract for almost 18 months. Unionized workers at a trio of casinos in the Canadian province of Manitoba have voted to strike if their efforts to agree on a new contract with Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation are not successful by December 23.
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