Over the past few years IUOE Local 501 has assisted Maintenance Engineers and Slot Technicians in 25 successful organizing victories on the Las Vegas Strip. Through this organizing effort Local 501 aims to lift the standards for safety, training and compensation for Maintenance Engineers and Slot Technicians throughout the greater Las Vegas area.
Workers form a union in order to have a greater voice at work. Union organizing occurs from the bottom up when you join with your co-workers and friends to collectively demand your employer’s recognition in the workplace.
The National Labor Relations Act ensures your right to collectively bargain with your employer and to form a union as your exclusive bargaining representative.
Bosses mislead workers about the purpose of authorization cards.
Signed authorization cards are used to tally worker support for organizing. If enough workers in a bargaining unit sign authorization card (30% or more) requesting representation from a union they can call for a union election vote.
Signed authorization cards are completely confidential.
| Lee Winemiller, Shop Steward at Mirage, explains that while there are no guarantees in organizing, the process may be long, but the power of coming together and speaking as one unit can get a contract everyone will like | |
| Axel Obregon, Engineer at Treasure Island, likes the organizers of Local 501 for their honesty and efforts on behalf of him and the other engineers on the strip | |
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Steve Morgan, who works at Treasure Island, became involved in the campaign after he met with organizers and began to learn about his rights and the possibility of great benefits for unionizing |
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Scott Motl, Shop Steward at Mandalay Bay, describes the process by which his mind was entirely changed about joining the union |
| Shop Steward at Mandalay Bay, Scott Motl, explains why he choses to organize by recounting a discussion he had with a National Labor Relations Board Representative during the count |
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