Culinary Union rally outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas

Source: Kansas.com

BY KIMBERLY PIERCEALL AP

LAS VEGAS
Housekeepers, cooks and bartenders are rallying outside Donald Trump's hotel to draw attention to their efforts to unionize workers at the property just off the Las Vegas Strip.

To the beat of drummers and under the watchful eye of Las Vegas police, Culinary Union members and others began a short march Friday from Las Vegas Boulevard to the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, where they say they are rallying because the hotel has blocked efforts to organize its workforce.

In a statement announcing the protest, the union said there are 500 Trump employees who are seeking to unionize and pointed at the slogan of the company namesake's bid for the GOP presidential nomination.

"Donald Trump says he wants to 'make America great again,' " said Geoconda Arguello-Kline, a Culinary Union officer. "Mr. Trump should start right here in Las Vegas with workers at his hotel."

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