The Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise (more widely known as Foxwoods) and the UAW at Foxwoods have issued a joint press release moments ago that they have "reached a historic agreement to negotiate a union contract under Tribal Law, without either party waiving their rights under federal law."
The agreement comes after the parties agreed earlier this
While most people are focusing on Connecticut’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriages, word leaked out late today that the UAW and Foxwoods agreed to enter into discussions for a possible labor agreement. (For background on the UAW/Foxwoods dispute, see prior blog coverage here.)
The joint press release — issued at 4:30 EST — is brief
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few days, there are some actual updates in the labor and employment law arena that need telling.
One such story is the ongoing saga in between the UAW and the Mashantucket Pequot Trial Nation, which runs the Foxwoods
This should come as a surprise to no one, particuarly given my prior posts, but Foxwoods Casino (properly known as the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation) today formally declined to bargain with the UAW over a contract for approximately 3000 table game dealers, setting up an appeal that will focus on sovereign immunity grounds. The Day
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Foxwoods, the UAW has decided to withdraw its petition to represent a group of about 80-120 slot technicians. The decision also came just hours before a hearing was to be held on the subject. The withdrawal allows the UAW
The ongoing labor battles at Foxwoods took an interesting turn on Friday. For the second time in a month, a group of workers at Foxwoods rejected efforts by a union to represent them.
This time, it was the off-track betting workers who decided that they did not want the United Auto Workers (UAW) to
It’s been a little while since we last checked in with the unionization efforts at Foxwoods. The appeal process of the election of UAW has begun its slow arduous process so don’t expect to hear much on this for weeks or months at a time.
But in the meantime, various other groups have been vying
While the mainstream press has been reporting on the upcoming hearing tomorrow on some of Foxwoods’ o
bjections to the election, Foxwoods has also been challenging the Regional Director’s decision on December 21, 2007 rejecting the other objections raised by Foxwoods. Thus, readers should be aware that reporting on the hearing tomorrow is only one