A union representing housekeeping workers at Atlantic City’s casinos says four of the resorts are not complying with a COVID-related requirement that hotel rooms be cleaned daily.
Bob McDevitt, left, president of Local 54 of the Unite here union, speaks at a press conference on the Atlantic City, N.J., Boardwalk on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at which he announced the union filed a complaint with New Jersey officials accusing four casinos of failing to clean each occupied hotel room each day as required by an executive order from the governor.
“These folks in housekeeping in Atlantic City are just one part of a larger workforce that is systematically overworked and understaffed,” said Bob McDevitt, the union president who is in the midst of talks with the nine Atlantic City casinos for a contract to replace the ones that expired at the end of last month.
“I feel more pain after cleaning these rooms; I have to take pain medicine,” she said at a press conference on the Boardwalk outside the casino, adding she signed the complaint sent to the state. Three of the four casinos listed in the union's complaint are owned by Caesars Entertainment, which is the focus of the union's bargaining efforts, along with MGM Resorts International, which owns the Borgata, which was not accused of inadequate cleaning. Caesars Entertainment declined comment.