Hard negotiatingĬommenting on the terms of the agreement, International Steelworkers Local 1-346 staff representative Eric Sweeney deemed it a “pretty historical deal” for casino workers.Īround 900 unionized employees work at the casinos, with approximately half of them represented by the Steelworkers union. It increases the wages of the casino workers to their highest point since Ohio has had commercial casinos.
A tentative four-year agreement was reached. Hollywood Casino Columbus and Hollywood Casino Toledo are the two properties involved. The agreement came on Thursday evening, just in time to prevent the strike planned for midnight. Penn Entertainment, the owner of two Hollywood casinos in Ohio, has reached a tentative agreement with a couple of unions over new contracts for employees.
