"A request to organize slot technicians at Foxwoods Resort Casino was withdrawn Monday, just hours before attorneys for the United Auto Workers and the casino were to meet at the National Labor Relations Board in Hartford.
Neither the UAW or the Mashantucket Pequots, owners of Foxwoods, would comment on the move, but a board spokesman said the decision to pull a petition is not uncommon.
“It’s a rational thing for them to do,” John Cotter said. “If they don’t think they’re likely to win, they withdraw.”
He described the letter, a copy of which was not available Tuesday, as one sentence and filed just hours before a Monday afternoon hearing scheduled to determine whether the election request was valid."
With two failed union votes within a month, table game dealers nowhere near the negotiating table with Foxwoods administrators and a call to bargain languishing in Washington, it appears the union momentum has stalled.
That said, with a stalled economy and jobs being harder to find, maybe the bottom line is behind this decision for the 120 employees.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
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THE ONLY REASON THAT UNITED AUTO WORKERS... WOULD BE INVOLVED IS TO MAKE MONEY.IT IS TRANSPARENT.THEY WANT YOUR MONEY,..PLAIN AND SIMPLE.DONT GIVE IT TO THEM.KEEP WHATS YOURS.UNIONS MAKE IT BETTER FOR THE BAD WORKERS.SLACKERS AND WHINERS LOVE UNIONS,..LETS NOT PROMOTE THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR.
UAW didn't have the votes. The slot techs will be patient and wait the 2 years and the be back with the IBEW.
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