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
Last Friday, I reported on a late-breaking agreement to discuss labor matters between the UAW and Foxwoods. Since that time, media reports have been wide with editorials discussing the matter as well..jpg)
The Day has been leading the way with a few reports/editorials:
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
While a generic post today about sick leave might be more appropriate today given my absence for a 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
Yesterday, I reported that the NLRB had issued a decision certifying the election last fall of the UAW as the bargaining representative of the Foxwoods Casino Table Dealers.
Since that last post, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation has released a statement indicating that they will, in fact, appeal the decision.
Leave it to a government agency to release a long-awaited decision right before the July 4th holiday. Since it is a vacation week, this afternoon’s post will be brief. I’ll followup again when there is more to report, including press statements that are expected to be released on the subject.
For those first looking for
Just days after the UAW suffered a defeat in trying to organize off-track betting workers at .jpg)
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
Amid all of the buzz regarding the union representation campaigns at Foxwoods, one argument keeps being floated about: tribal sovereignty.
A new article by Thomas Meiklejohn — one of the attorneys representing the UAW in its battle to represent workers at Foxwoods — in Spring edition of the Labor & Employment Law Quarterly (not