'I'm not disappointed in our members making an ultimate decision against the vote. Stewart adds that 'there's a lot of frustration with Caesars. The union president says the main sticking point for employees has been their wages, but the workers have a number of other issues that are specific to each position.
After 6am, it will be up to management to look after hotel guests until their checkout time, and guests will be notified by phone or email if their reservations will be impacted by the temporary closure.Ĭaesars Windsor says it will be closed to the public until a tentative agreement has been reached and ratified. The Johnny Reid concert scheduled for Friday has also been postponed. Local 444 President James Stewart says operations at Caesars Windsor will begin to shut down at 12:01am on Friday and all staff will be leaving their jobs for the picket line by 6am. The tentative agreement was reached Tuesday night just ahead of a 12:01am Wednesday strike deadline. The union representing around 2,300 workers, Unifor Local 444, announced late Thursday evening that only 41% of its members had voted in favour of the new contract. Workers at Caesars Windsor will head on strike after shooting down a tentative agreement that had been reached by their union earlier this week.
