culinary union

1 min read 2022-05-26 06:55:02

Culinary, Resorts World Las Vegas ratify a labor contract covering 2,000 workers

Culinary Workers Local 226 announced Wednesday it reached a three-year labor agreement with Resorts World Las Vegas, marking the first all-new union

4 min read 2022-05-19 20:10:54

The Culinary Union is launching a rent control ballot initiative in North Las Vegas. (Photo: Michael Lyle)Policy, politics and progressive

3 min read 2022-05-19 03:27:29

The Culinary Union launched a ballot initiative on Wednesday to cap rent increases in North Las Vegas, following what leaders described as

4 min read 2022-05-12 16:00:00

Tips play a big role in compensating many of Las Vegas' hospitality workers — from cocktail servers to bellhops to valet parkers — and how tips

4 min read 2022-03-17 20:09:46

Policy, politics and progressive commentary “I tell everyone, tip your housekeepers,” Gov. Steve Sisolak said Tuesday as he watched trainees at

9 min read 2022-02-13 17:00:00

Nearly every morning for the last 27 years, Carlos Padilla would slip on his white double-buttoned pastry chef uniform, lace up his non-slip black

9 min read 2022-02-13 17:00:00

Nearly every morning for the last 27 years, Carlos Padilla would slip on his white double-buttoned pastry chef uniform, lace up his non-slip black

4 min read 2021-03-16 07:58:14

Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff visited Las Vegas on Monday to meet with food workers, small business owners and those

32 min read 2021-03-14 17:00:13

The vehicles streamed into the pickup lines on a recent Monday, some with popped trunks awaiting cargo. In a North Las Vegas parking lot, they inched

6 min read 2021-02-09 17:00:00

As in sessions past, The Nevada Independent is publishing a series of profiles featuring all the new lawmakers in the state. This is the fourth

18 min read 2020-11-15 17:00:26

As the sun dipped below the horizon, closing out the seventh to last day before the election, Kamala Harris had a message for the supporters who had

10 min read 2020-11-01 17:00:25

On a quiet block in East Las Vegas, a young boy rides his bike back and forth on the sidewalk. Behind him, hanging from the eaves of a house, a

13 min read 2020-10-14 16:00:43

Nevada’s most powerful local government body has been faced with major challenges this year, including a budget slashed as a result of a

3 min read 2020-08-12 06:05:17

Gov. Steve Sisolak signed a bill on Tuesday that shields most Nevada businesses from “frivolous lawsuits” related to COVID-19 — a measure