Building a Sandcastle: A Broken Promise to Atlantic City tells the stories of the casino workers who remain after the wave of casino closures and layoffs in 2014. Now employed by an industry looking to secure its bottom line by cutting pensions, healthcare and work hours, casino employees are gettin...
One month ago today, 1,000 UNITE HERE! Local 54 casino workers at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City took to the picket line to fight for health care, pensions, paid breaks and other benefits. The last time workers walked off the job for this long was 2004, when 10,000 workers went on strike at t...
July 7, 2015
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Billionaire Carl Icahn used the bankruptcy court to end health insurance on January 1, 2015 for more than 1,000 Taj Mahal Casino workers, who are also members of UNITE HERE Local 54. A March survey showed that 44% of those workers had no insurance.
July 7, 2015
Video
Clip Length: 2:45
Billionaire Carl Icahn used the bankruptcy court to end health insurance on January 1, 2015 for more than 1,000 Taj Mahal Casino workers, who are also members of UNITE HERE Local 54. A March survey showed that 44% of those workers had no insurance.
