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The future of collective bargaining (aired 2012)

FILE--In this March 20, 2013, file photo, Culinary Union workers demonstrate along Las Vegas Boulevard outside the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino while protesting their contract negotiations with Deutsche Bank in Las Vegas.
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FILE--In this March 20, 2013, file photo, Culinary Union workers demonstrate along Las Vegas Boulevard outside the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino while protesting their contract negotiations with Deutsche Bank in Las Vegas.

This story was aired on Nov. 17, 2023 as part of State of Nevada's ICYMI Fridays.


Las Vegas is a city filled with casinos, hotels, and unions.  So how can unions and employers work well together to achieve what's best for employees?  How can employees protect their rights in the workplace?  UNLV's Boyd School of Law holds its " Democracy and the Workplace" conference from Feb. 23-25.  We talk with the conference's co-organizer, as well as the local union and an employers' attorney about the future of collective bargaining.


Guests: Ruben Garcia, professor of law, UNLV, and conference co-organizer; D. Taylor, secretary-treasurer, Culinary Union 226; Gregg Kamer, labor attorney, Kamer Zucker Abbott

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