Cascades Casino Kamloops Strike
- The two-week strike has affected four casinos and 675 employees in Penticton, Kelowna, Vernon and Kamloops. According to Gateway Casinos, the B.C. Government and Services Employees Union failed to.
- Cascades Casino workers will be heading back to work this weekend after B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) members voted to ratify the tentative deal struck with Gateway Casinos on Nov. It was a close vote, with 259 for and 252 against.
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The months-long strike at Cascades Casino in Kamloops is not going to have a major impact on the bottom line for the city as it prepares the 2019 budget.
Under normal circumstances, the city could be losing up to $200,000 a month due to the work stoppage.
However, the Director of Finance Kathy Humphrey says they got a lot more revenue from Chances Casino, which almost leveled the playing field.
“Obviously, the overall revenue for the city from gaming revenue is down a little bit, but the Chances Casino picked up a lot of the business from Cascades Casino being on strike,” she said.
“Overall as the city, we are estimating it’s probably only down a couple hundred thousand dollars for the year if in fact the casino gets running again shortly.”
Close to 700 members of the B-C Government Employees Union will be voting on a tentative settlement over the coming days which could end the strike at Cascades Casino.
“When it became clear that the company was not going to make an acceptable offer, the bargaining committee decided to exercise the strike mandate given to them by the workers.”
Close to 700 casino workers province-wide will be striking — including over 200 workers in Kamloops.
BCGEU members voted overwhelmingly in favour of going on strike earlier this month.
The main sticking point in the dispute is wages.
Cascades Casino Kamloops Strike News
The last contract between the sides expired in September 2017.
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