{"id":1118741,"date":"2023-10-20T06:14:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/uncategorized\/detroit-today-casino-workers-say-they-are-striking-for-respect-and-wdet\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T06:14:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:14:42","slug":"detroit-today-casino-workers-say-they-are-striking-for-respect-and-wdet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/casino\/detroit-today-casino-workers-say-they-are-striking-for-respect-and-wdet\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Today: Casino workers say they are striking for respect and &#8230; &#8211; WDET"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>    The labor movement in America is having a moment, with workers    across multiple industries attempting to take advantage of a    tight labor market and band together to get the contracts they    believe they deserve.  <\/p>\n<p>    Detroit casino workers are the latest to hit the picket    line, after failing to reach a new labor agreement with MGM    Grand Detroit, MotorCity Casino, and Hollywood at Greektown    byTuesdays    deadline.  <\/p>\n<p>    Mia Winston, president of UNITE HERE Local 24 and a former food    cashier at MotorCity Casino, joined Detroit Today    Thursday morning to discuss the strike, the workers demands,    and how long theyre prepared to picket for.  <\/p>\n<p>    Guest:  <\/p>\n<p>        Nia Winston is the president of UNITE HERE    Local 24, the union of hospitality workers on strike at Motor    City Casino. She says that casino workers on strike are asking    for their fare share.  <\/p>\n<p>    These workers go to work every single day, every single    day. And yet when they sit at the bargaining table or send the    bargainers to the table on their behalf just to ask for the    basic needs, the employers tell them no and force us out on    the street, says Winston.  <\/p>\n<p>      WDET strives to make our journalism accessible to everyone.      As a public media institution, we maintain our journalistic      integrity through independent support from readers like you.      If you value WDET as your source of news, music and      conversation, please make a gift today.    <\/p>\n<p>      Donate today     <\/p>\n<p>            View all posts                      <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>More:<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wdet.org\/2023\/10\/19\/detroit-today-casino-workers-say-they-are-striking-for-respect-and-fair-wages\" title=\"Detroit Today: Casino workers say they are striking for respect and ... - WDET\">Detroit Today: Casino workers say they are striking for respect and ... - WDET<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The labor movement in America is having a moment, with workers across multiple industries attempting to take advantage of a tight labor market and band together to get the contracts they believe they deserve. Detroit casino workers are the latest to hit the picket line, after failing to reach a new labor agreement with MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity Casino, and Hollywood at Greektown byTuesdays deadline. Mia Winston, president of UNITE HERE Local 24 and a former food cashier at MotorCity Casino, joined Detroit Today Thursday morning to discuss the strike, the workers demands, and how long theyre prepared to picket for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/casino\/detroit-today-casino-workers-say-they-are-striking-for-respect-and-wdet\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[678864],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1118741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118741"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1118741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1118741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1118741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1118741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}