Casino de Montréal Dealers Reach Tentative Labor Agreement With Loto-Québec
Casino de Montréal Dealers Reach Tentative Labor Agreement With Loto-Québec. CUPE, which represents 545 unionized croupiers who are currently on strike, and Société des casinos du Québec reached a tentative new labor agreement on Friday afternoon.
Croupiers at the Casino de Montréal are striking over pay and conditions. Société des casinos du Québec, a subsidiary of Loto-Québec said it had not observed an increase in injuries to its workers. Lotto-québei reported revenue in its casino and gaming hall sector of $657.2 million. The Casino offers new employees 90% of the posted base salary. CUPE said Lota- quebec downgraded hourly payments from $18.40 to $17.44 per hour for new workers, but operations were unaffected.
