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Encore Boston Harbor Casino Workers Set to Walk Off Job After Contract Expires
The unions say Encore is offering wage increases below their demands and is trying to cut guaranteed hours and shift health care costs to workers.
- More than 1,300 workers began a strike at Encore Boston Harbor in Everett, Massachusetts, on Friday morning after their union contracts with Wynn Resorts expired Monday night.
- The unions, UNITE HERE Local 26 and Teamsters Local 25, authorized the walkout after members overwhelmingly voted last month to strike if negotiations stalled past the Aug. 31 deadline.
- Workers seek wage increases of $10 over three years for non-tipped employees and $5 for tipped staff, matching standards at more than 40 Boston-area hotels with existing union contracts.
- Encore remains open and operational during the strike, though union leaders urged the public to honor the picket line and avoid gambling or dining at the property.
- Management claims commitment to 'fair, financially sustainable' agreements, while workers oppose proposed healthcare cost increases and elimination of guaranteed work-hour protections from their previous contract.
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