He said he doesn’t use public assistance but has a second job driving for Uber. “We’re looking to get a raise to help support our families,” Hamilton said. Workers used drums, bullhorns, cowbells and their voices to make noise and get out their message for a fair contract at Harrah’s Philadelphia Casino and Racetrack.

To pay people less than $10 an hour is cruel and inhuman.”ĭelaware County resident Mike Hamilton is a single dad of five children, ages 6 to 19, and he’s a bar porter at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

“Wages have been stagnant and with inflation, everything’s more expensive. “We have been bargaining since June with the company and they have not put a decent, fair wage proposal on the table,” she said. DeCaprio said no negotiations are currently scheduled. The initial contract for these workers expired on April 30 but it was extended until June 30. She said the average industry in the region was $16 an hour. Some workers make less than $10 an hour.”

“The workers here work extremely hard,” Donna DeCaprio, president of Unite Here 54, said. Members of Unite Here 54, Laborers Local 413 and Teamsters Local 107 picketed in front of the facility Friday seeking better wages, better working conditions and a fair contract. 10, 2006.The casino opened four months later and table games were offered in July 2010. Harrah’s opened its horse racing track in Chester on Sept. “The wages lag way behind the rest of the industry and are not where they should be based on how the company is going.” “It’s the first time we’ve ever taken public action at this property since it opened,” Ben Albert, secretary/treasurer of Unite Here Local 54, said. Amidst the banging of drums and shaking of bells in front of the Harrah’s Philadelphia Casino and Racetrack parking garage, approximately 150 members of three unions shouted, “No contract, no peace.”

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