Wynn dealers approve 10-year contract

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Transportation Workers Union Local 721 said Wynn Las Vegas dealers voted overwhelmingly to approve their first labor contract with the company.

Dealers voted 358 to 65 to approve the contract that was identical to an offer made almost a year ago. That offer was set to expire Nov. 17, The Las Vegas Sun reported Tuesday.

The 10-year contract leaves a provision on sharing tips with immediate supervisors intact, even though some union members have filed an appeal in Clark County District Court to reverse a Nevada Labor Commission ruling that the policy was legal.

It was the tip policy, initiated in 2006, that sparked the employees' effort to unionize, the newspaper said.

Local 721 President Kanie Kastroll said, "We are so proud of our members for passing this historic vote," which passed with better than 60 percent voter turnout among members.

But some union members have petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to exchange the Transport Workers Union for a different bargaining representative, the newspaper said.