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StumblePublished Thursday, July 10, 2008 | 6:53 a.m.
Updated Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008 | 10:15 a.m.
A groundbreaking will be held this afternoon for a new Clark County fire station at the MGM Mirage CityCenter that's being paid for by MGM Mirage.
The event, which will feature Clark County Commission Chairman Rory Reid, Fire Chief Steven Smith and MGM executives, will begin at 3 p.m. today.
The new station, known as CityCenter Fire Station 32, will be the first in the county's history to be built on a resort property, according to Scott Allison, public information officer for the Clark County Fire Department.
The fire station is part of an estimated $28 million in public improvements that MGM Mirage agreed to fund as part of the May 2006 development agreement with the county, Allison said.
"The CityCenter development agreement was a first of its kind for our community, and has paved the way for similar agreements with other new resort properties," Reid said in a prepared statement.
Such agreements help offset the impact of a major development on the county's public service infrastructure, he said.
MGM Mirage is paying to both build and equip the fire station in the 67-acre CityCenter site.
Smith said the new fire station in the heart of the strip will meet the goal of having a six-minute response time to any call the fire department receives.
The last major fire on the strip was on Jan. 25 at the Monte Carlo, which is just south of the new fire station.
NLRB Issues Order to Show Cause to
Mandalay Bay Ordering Why a NEW Election should not be conducted
after a preliminary administrative investigation by the NLRB disclosed that at the election conducted on Friday the 13th, during the second voting session, the Board Agent assigned to conduct the election left the polling area unaccompanied by the parties observers to go to the bathroom.
The Board Agent took the
UNSEALED Ballot BOX and
UNMARKED BALLOTS
with him when he left the polling area Raising Reasonable Doubt to the Fairness and Validity of the Election
http://www.lvsecurityunion.org/Mandalay_...
Mandalay Bay has 7 days to respond.
SPFPA Files Objections To The Mandalay Bay SHAM Election The NLRB Held on FRIDAY THE 13TH
http://www.lvsecurityunion.org/MandalayB...
NLRB Finds Merit to Unfair Labor Charges Filed by the SPFPA against MGM Mirage subsidiary Ramparts Inc dba Luxor for Violations of Labor Law.
Before the NLRB could PROSECUTE MGM Mirage subsidiary Ramparts Inc dba Luxor on many of the charges filed their attorneys decide to try to settle the case with a 60 day posting Not to Commit these Violations of Labor Law Again.
SPFPA Refuses to agree to Settlement Agreement and asks NLRB to issue a Bargaining Order
http://www.lvsecurityunion.org/Luxorulp....
Press Above to see Unfair Labor Charge Document Filed by SPFPA Against Luxor
MGM Mirage subsidiaries under Investigation by the Dept of Labor.
SPFPA Attorneys Files Charges with the Dept of Labor Against Luxor and Mandalay Bay and Their Union-Busters for Failing to Disclose Their LM-10 Forms and LM-20 Forms with the Department of Labor
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http://www.lvsecurityunion.org/LM20REPOR...
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Source The International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America SPFPA
MGM Mirage It's Time You Take Care of Your Employees!
OPEN LETTER
Chuck Bowling,
Executive Vice President Mandalay Bay
Resort & Casino
Re: Wages, Benefits and other Working Conditions at Mandalay Bay
June 28, 2008
Chuck Bowling, Executive Vice President
Mandalay Bay
3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, NV 89119
Dear Mr. Bowling:
It has come to my attention that both MGM Mirage and Mandalay Bay are now taking the position that your company is prohibited from giving to the Casino Security Professionals working at Mandalay Bay, Wage Increases, Employer Paid 401 (k) Benefits, Sick Days, Better Health Insurance and other working conditions of employment as promised by Mandalay Bay management during the campaign "because your hands are tied" due to the fact that the UNION, SPFPA has filed objections to the election held on Friday the 13th.
Please be advised this is the furthest thing from the Truth!
In my letter to J. Terrence Lanni, President Chairman & CEO MGM Mirage, dated June 8. 2008, (see below) I personally stated to Mr. Lanni that the SPFPA does NOT object to the payment to Mandalay Bay, Luxor and Mirage security employees of the same across the board wage increase being giving to security officers at the other Las Vegas MGM/Mirage properties. From my understanding these wage increases were paid to the Casino Security Professionals working at the Excalibur, New York, New York,Treasure Island and PROMISED to MGM Grand, which should receive them sometime in July.
While we all know that these wage increases were only given to the above casinos because of the UNIONS ongoing organizing activities and your attempt to try to STOP it from spreading any further, the UNION SPFPA gladly takes credit for these increases and we welcome any additional wage increases to the remaining MGM Mirage casinos, in particular, Mandalay Bay, Luxor and Mirage who will be voting on UNION representation on July 18, 2008.
Furthermore as to the many other benefits you promised and/or the union is seeking to obtain on behalf of Casino Security Professionals working at Mandalay Bay, such as Yearly Wage Increases, Employer Paid 401 (k) Benefits, Sick Days, Better Health Insurance, Job Security, Additional Vacation and Holiday Pay, a Grievance and Arbitration Procedure, a Wriiten Contract and other working conditions of employment, be advised that the SPFPA and a UNION committee made up of Mandalay Bay Casino Security Professionals are willing to sit down and negotiate the above benefits immediately. Any Day, Any Night, Any Weekend or Any Place of your choosing, while the pending objections to the election are being investigated by the Federal government.
If you should decide to meet with the UNION, SPFPA as a spokesperson and not as a collective bargaining agent, since we are not officially certified as the exclusive bargaining agent at such time, the UNION, SPFPA will NOT file any unfair labor charges with the NLRB in regards to the above wages, benefits and working conditions we may negotiate.
The other solution which would alleviate your problem is to immediately recognize the UNION, SPFPA through a card check, just like you do with the Culinary UNION. The UNION, SPFPA is willing and prepared to present to a third party arbitrator of your choosing, our majority status to verify the names, addresses and signatures of those who signed SPFPA membership cards in support of UNIONIZATION.
In conclusion, we have offered you and your company MGM Mirage and their subsidiary Mandalay Bay many options and solutions to your problems, you can no longer blame the UNION, SPFPA, if YOU FAIL to live up to your many UNKEPT Promises!
Please contact me in writing as to which position you will be taking, so we can post it on our website to varify the TRUTH.
THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT NOW! Are you and your company going to negotiate with the UNION, SPFPA and our Mandalay Bay bargaining committee or are you going to Continue to LIE to your officers by Blaming it on the UNION?
Fighting for a Better Tomorrow for all Casino Security Professionals
Steve Maritas
SPFPA International Organizing Director
cc: J. Terrence Lanni, President Chairman & CEO MGM Mirage
Bill Hornbuckle Mandalay Bay President and COO
Paul A Ades, General Counsel for MGM Mirage Labor and Employment 702-862-1698
MGM Mirage Casino Security Professionals working at all 10 MGM Mirage Casinos
TWU Local 721 Dealers Union
http://www.lvsecurityunion.org/index.htm...
OPEN LETTER
J. Terrence Lanni, President
Chairman & CEO
MGM Mirage
3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, NV 89119
Fax 702 – 632 - 7179
Re: WAGE INCREASE
June 8, 2008
Dear Mr. Lanni:
It is our understanding that earlier this week MGM/Mirage announced that it was granting a 3% across the board wage increase to security officers at its various Las Vegas properties with the exception of Mandalay Bay, Luxor and Mirage in which the SPFPA will be filing a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to represent these officers on Friday the 13th as well as several other MGM Mirage and other Las Vegas casinos.
I understand that management at Mandalay Bay and Luxor are telling unit employees that they are not receiving the wage increase due to the Union’s filing of Representation Petitions with the NLRB.
Please take notice that the SPFPA does not object to the payment to Mandalay Bay, Luxor and Mirage security employees of the same across the board wage increase being giving to security officers at the other Las Vegas MGM/Mirage properties.
Please contact me if you have any questions. I can be reached at 646-567-6454.
Respectfully
____________________
Steve Maritas
SPFPA International Organizing Director
cc: Paul A Ades, General Counsel for MGM Mirage Labor and Employment 702-862-1698
MGM Mirage Casino Security Professionals working at all 10 MGM Mirage Casinos
TWU Local 721 Dealers Union
http://www.lvsecurityunion.org/index.htm...
Las Vegas Construction Workers Memorial Site
In Memory of Those Las Vegas Construction Workers who Lost Their Lives at
MGM Mirage Dubai World CityCenter and other Las Vegas Construction sites
We Must Continue To Bring Awareness
To The Safety Issues at
MGM Mirage Dubai World
City Center Project
and all other Las Vegas Construction Sites!
http://www.lvsecurityunion.org/SAFETYFIR...
Go away. You lost the election fair and square. Let's have another one. You'll lose again. Unions are bloodsuckers on the backs of good honest workers.
All of the comments about MGM/Union relations, wages, elections, etc. are probably valid and should have their place.(I don't know enough to have an opinion). BUT they have NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS ARTICLE about a fire station. Why does the Sun post totally irrelevant commentary?