Tour Spa, the Lacquer Gift Shop, the hotel valet and the radio bar.

“We are making every effort to ensure that our guests are not inconvenienced by this matter.”Īs of Wednesday afternoon, MotorCity Casino Hotel’s website said high-limit table games are temporarily closed, as are the poker room and casino valet.

“We intend to continue to operate our business during this time and will remain open this week and beyond,” read the online update from MGM Grand. In 2020, the casino council agreed to a three per cent wage increase over three years to help the casinos during the COVID-19 pandemic and government-mandated shutdowns.Ĭasino workers are represented by five unions under the casino council: Unite Here, United Auto Workers, Teamsters, Operating Engineers, and the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters.Īll three casinos remain open 24/7 and have posted updates to their respective websites. This is the first strike at the Detroit casinos since they opened in the late 1990s and 2000. The casino workers were under a three-year extension to a five-year contract. The contract had been set to lapse at midnight on Tuesday but was extended until noon as talks continued. The Detroit Casino Council, representing casino workers across five unions, has been seeking improvements to wages and benefits in negotiations with casinos that started last month. visitors have always been an important part of our business and we welcome them to visit our property, either for the first time or for a return visit, to experience our world-class Caesars brand,” said Caesars Windsor’s manager of public relations and communications Susanne Tomkins in a written statement. On Tuesday afternoon, negotiations between three casinos - MotorCity Casino Hotel, MGM Grand, and Hollywood Casino at Greektown - and unions failed to reach an agreement by deadline, prompting 3,700 workers to walk off the job. Of course, we want their casinos to be running and everyone to be gainfully employed, but in the interim, the invitation is certainly out there.” “The invitation (to American gamers) is out there,” Orr said.

Greektown casino closed