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Mandalay workers in Detroit approve union pact

Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2000 | 11:08 a.m.

DETROIT -- Workers at MotorCity casino on Tuesday approved a tentative labor contract that provides substantial pay and benefit improvements, a union spokesman said.

Phil Schloop, a spokesman for the labor coalition Detroit Casino Council, said 70 percent of the workers who cast ballots voted to approve what will be their first contract.

Workers at the MGM Grand Detroit casino voted Monday to approve the three-year deal reached Saturday.

The MotorCity is controlled by Mandalay Resort Group of Las Vegas.

Workers at both casinos will get a 35-cents-an-hour pay increase the first year, the greater of 30 cents or 3 percent the second, and the greater of 35 cents or 3 percent the third, Schloop said.

Also, workers at either casino will get raises to match any increase at the other, he said.

The contracts cover nonsalaried workers, who include dealers, food and beverage service staffers, parking valets, maintenance workers and custodians.

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