The
day Trump Taj Mahal workers' strike hits the month-mark, dozens of the
picketing employees will be joined by several New Jersey legislators to voice
their support of a bill that would offer unemployment benefits after 30 days on
strike.
The
group will be on the State House steps in Trenton Monday afternoon, according to Press of Atlantic City.
While
about 100 workers will travel to New Jersey's capital, other members of the
UNITE HERE Local 54 union will remain in Atlantic City to continue their
round-the-clock demonstration outside the Trump Taj Mahal casino and hotel.
The
approximately 1,000 Taj Mahal employees went on strike as the Fourth of July
holiday weekend began. The casino, owned by Carl Icahn, as well as four others were warned of
a possible strike. Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino, Harrah’sResort
Atlantic City, Caesars Atlantic City Hotel and Casino, and the Tropicana
Casino, which is also owned by Icahn, came to terms with the union and
avoided a strike.
The
union has been battling the 80-year-old activist investor for better health and
pension benefits, which Icahn has said is not financially doable at this time
because the casino's bankruptcy is still in the rear-view mirror.
The
striking workers, however, are unsatisfied with that reasoning. One union
member told the Philadelphia Business
Journal last week that if Icahn could come to terms with workers
at Tropicana, he should be able to reach a similar agreement at Trump Taj
Mahal.
Along
with its demonstrations in A.C., local 54 has brought its message to Icahn's Manhattan offices
and to the Democratic National Convention–
all the while comparing the billionaire casino owner with GOP presidential
candidate Donald Trump.
Source: Philadelphia
Business Journal
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