Winter 2014: Together We Win!

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HOLIDAY 2014

TOGETHER WE WIN

Local 226 Secretary-Treasurer, Geoconda Argüello-Kline, arrested in a civil disobedience at Red Rock Resort on October 9.

The Streets Belong to the People

Did you march with your brothers and sisters to Boulder Station and Red Rock Resort?

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lergy leaders and union casino workers from the Strip and Downtown joined Station Casino workers in two marches to Boulder Station and Red Rock Casino Resort to demand that Station Casinos stop treating their employees like second-class workers.

Our march to Boulder Station in late hot August was peaceful, with full cooperation from the police department from the start of the march at George E. Harris Elementary school. But that atmosphere completely changed when we took our march to Red Rock Resort on October 9th. This turn of events was unexpected. The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) denied our permit for lane closures on Charleston Boulevard for our march to Red Rock Resort. NDOT claimed that our request for permit was done with less than 24-hours’ notice but that was not true. Besides the permit issue, even the Las Vegas police were in full force at our march to Red Rock Resort. At the scene were police cars lined up, officers stood outside their patrol cars, police on horses and motorcycles and even a police helicopter was sighted. But even with those, nothing stopped us. You and your brothers and sisters marched with Station Casino workers to send our message to Stations Casinos that we are One Union, United. Working together, we will win. During the protest, Lead Organizer Donell Henderson was arrested and afterward arrests were made of: our Secretary-Treasurer, Geoconda Argüello-Kline, President Ted Pappageorge and Secretary-Treasurer of California Teamsters Local 986, Chris Griswold. Stations will be in for more surprises courtesy of Local 226 in the months to come. Stay tuned! See more photos on pages 10-11


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