![]() ![]() “I think it’s very clear that the Mashatucket Pequots would not have recognized and agreed to negotiate with us without that NLRB election,” Rosenberg said. One provision of the agreement requires more than 30 percent of the workers who would organize to petition for union representation. However, the fact that federal labor law allowed for organizing in the casino eventually prodded the tribe to negotiate procedures with the UAW that opened the door for that union, and others, to represent casino workers. The UAW said it first held a unionizing vote under the NLRB’s laws, but the Mashantucket Pequot tribe did not accept the results. ![]() Rosenberg of the UAW said the NLRB ruling that said casino employees are protected by federal labor law was key to its organization of Foxwoods dealers in 2007. If the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act were to become law, unions like Unite Here won’t have that alternative. ![]()
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