The closure of Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal casino, planned for Oct. 10, may help bolster the arguments of both sides in a referendum over putting casinos in northern New Jersey.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn wrote a letter Thursday to the soon-to-be unemployed workers of the Trump Taj Mahal casino, accusing their union of inciting them to destroy their own jobs by participating in the longest strike by Atlantic City's main casino workers union.
An appeals court ruled Friday that Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal casino was within its rights to end health insurance and pension benefits to its workers, removing the last major obstacle to billionaire Carl Icahn taking over.
Six months after their employer ended health care coverage, hundreds of workers at Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal casino still have no health insurance.
A judge did not issue a ruling Wednesday in a dispute between an Atlantic City casino union and the Trump Taj Mahal, whose patrons the union tried to convince to go elsewhere.
The Trump Taj Mahal voiced its lack of support for Stockton University's "Island Campus" this week, saying a school next to a casino would be bad for business.
The parent company of Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal casino said Wednesday that it doesn't want a college next door, fearing it would cause problems with underage patrons trying to gamble.
With billionaire investor Carl Icahn poised to take over their casino, hundreds of union members picketed outside the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort on Friday, protesting the elimination of health insurance.