Bally's Twin River Casino, union delay possible strike at least two weeks. Here's why.
LINCOLN — Bally's Twin River Casino won't be hit by a strike during the Fourth of July holiday weekend, but it's not because a union threatening to strike and management have agreed on a new contract.
Instead, Local 26 of UNITE HERE and Bally's have agreed to a two-week contract extension to allow for further negotiations.
The contract, for 200 mainly food-service workers, was set to expire Friday.
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Bally's has about 1,900 employees at its Lincoln casino. Workers at the company's Tiverton casino are not represented by Local 26, which approved a strike-authorization on Tuesday, with 92% of the local's membership voting in favor of letting union leadership call for a strike as soon as the contract expired.
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Fourth of July at Twin River Casino: Possible strike delayed
