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Springfield council committee advances resolution urging MGM to bargain with dealers' union
Summary
At an Economic Development Committee hearing, unionized dealers and allies urged support for a nonbinding resolution asking MGM Springfield to negotiate a contract after workers say they won a union election in March 2024 and the employer has appealed multiple times.
Councilor Curran convened a subcommittee meeting of the Springfield City Council Economic Development Committee where unionized dealers at MGM Springfield and supporters urged the committee to advance a nonbinding resolution asking MGM to negotiate with the dealers' union after the membership won a union election in March 2024, union representatives said.
The resolution, which the committee voted to move to the full City Council agenda, urges MGM to sit down with the union and begin collective bargaining. Committee members said they will take a formal roll-call vote on the resolution at the city council meeting scheduled for May 12 and that councilors may cosponsor the measure.
Why it matters: MGM Springfield operates under a host community agreement with Springfield and is a major local employer; union representatives told the committee they see stalled bargaining as a legal violation and as a breach of promises made to the city during the casino’s approval process.
Union leaders told the committee the dealers won an NLRB election on March 9, 2024, and that MGM has appealed that…
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