Las Vegas is preparing for the Stanley Cup next week. Las Vegas built its economy on tourism, and hospitality employees tend to be particularly vulnerable to automation and sexual harassment, studies have shown. The union has extra leverage in the run-up to the Stanley Cup, said Anthony Curtis, publisher of the Las Vegas Adviser, which tracks tourism trends. This city has a fever.”The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, the city's tourism agency, declined to comment on the potential economic impact of a walkout. Bethany Khan, director of communications at the Culinary Workers Union Local 226, said nobody wants a strike, but the workers must fight for what they deserve.

Source: Washington Post May 23, 2018 19:40 UTC