{"id":836297,"date":"2026-09-04T14:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/836297\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T14:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:46:13","slug":"encore-boston-harbor-casino-workers-walk-off-job-after-contract-expires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/836297\/","title":{"rendered":"Encore Boston Harbor casino workers walk off job after contract expires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Encore Boston Harbor casino workers walk off job after contract expires<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/e52836a8-4d06-4bc7-982a-40ad4944b1a4_1690409286.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Jamy Pombo Sesselman\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Senior Digital Editor\/Producer, WCVB.com<\/p>\n<p>EVERETT, Mass. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\"> Hundreds of Encore Boston Harbor casino workers in Everett, Massachusetts, walked off the job Friday after their contract expired last week.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">UNITE HERE Local 26 and Teamsters Local 25, which represents about 1,350 housekeepers, cooks, servers, bartenders, slot attendants, warehouse workers, and drivers, have not reached a new contract with Wynn Resorts. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The unions are asking for job security, healthcare funding, pension benefits and higher wages that are competitive with those employed at Boston hotels. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">\u201cWe\u2019re prepared for a work stoppage if a deal is not reached,\u201d said Rosa Mendoza, a call center worker and shop steward at Teamsters Local 25. \u201cNow is the time for management to give us a fair contract that reflects our hard work. If we go out on strike, we ask Boston families to stand with us and honor the picket line.\u201d <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">&#8220;The unions have chosen to initiate a strike despite our continued efforts to reach an agreement through negotiations. We are committed to finding common ground that is fair, financially sustainable and protects jobs for the long term,&#8221; a Wynn spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Wynn Resorts said the casino will remain open and operational while negotiations continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Encore Boston Harbor casino workers walk off job after contract expires Senior Digital Editor\/Producer, WCVB.com EVERETT, Mass. \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[354152,172227,8731,4,450,354146,4133,7428,354147,33773,187121,128405,451,76509,354155,354148,6292,23257,2001,3,283443,354143,108016,56913,354156,354153,354149,354151,354144,452,453,15557,354145,354154,354150,28123,231487],"class_list":["post-836297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-bartender","tag-bartenders","tag-boston","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-casino-workers","tag-contract","tag-cook","tag-cooks","tag-drivers","tag-encore-boston-harbor","tag-everett","tag-headlines","tag-healthcare-funding","tag-housekeeper","tag-housekeepers","tag-job","tag-last-week","tag-massachusetts","tag-news","tag-pension-benefit","tag-rosa-mendoza","tag-server","tag-servers","tag-shop-steward","tag-slot-attendant","tag-slot-attendants","tag-teamsters-local","tag-teamsters-local-25","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-union","tag-unite-here-local-26","tag-warehouse-worker","tag-warehouse-workers","tag-wcvb","tag-wynn-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}