Workers with Unite Here Local 54 on Monday ratified deals with five Atlantic City, NJ casinos, leaving only Resorts and Golden Nugget workers without contracts.
Atlantic City's casino workers are making only 80 cents an hour more now than they did 12 years ago, having opted instead to secure benefits like health insurance and retirement plans as the casino industry shrunk and four properties went out of business.
Twenty-six weeks of unemployment benefits are set to run out this month for most of the workers laid off by the recent string of casino closures in Atlantic City.