DETROIT — Casino employees for MGM Grand Detroit have voted to ratify a brand new contract, ending a 47-day strike.

MGM Grand Detroit employees are union members of the Detroit Casino Council, which represents practically 4,000 workers of the town’s three casinos. Their approval Saturday on a five-year settlement comes weeks after unionized employees reached an settlement with different two casinos following a roughly one-month strike.

Workers at MGM Grand Detroit, Hollywood Casino at Greektown and MotorCity Casino walked off the job Oct. 17 over points together with well being care and wages that had not stored up with the price of dwelling.

The new settlement, which covers about 1,700 workers, consists of a mean quick 18% pay elevate, workload reductions and no well being care prices will increase for workers, in accordance with the council. The union employees embody sellers, cleansing workers and valets.

“We sacrificed a lot during the pandemic, but we fought for and ultimately won a contract that secures our health care and provides significantly improved wages,” Gabriel Robert Hernandez, a valet at MGM Grand Detroit and Teamsters Local 1038 member, mentioned in a Saturday assertion.

MGM executives mentioned the transfer means regular operations will resume.

“We’re excited to welcome our team back and continue providing our guests the entertainment experiences for which MGM Grand Detroit is known,” Matt Buckley, President and COO of Midwest Group, MGM Resorts International, mentioned in a Saturday assertion.

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