Does Harrah's think of us as "Family?"

     If Harrah's truly thought of all of us as "Family," it would be treating its frontline employees better.  We would see such genuine gestures as:

1. All of us would be provided with a similar medical insurance plan that it subsidizes for its Union workers in Las Vegas, and for the same cost: $0.00.
2. We would still have our old full 6% 401k contribution from Harrah’s.
3. We would have breaks as frequently as nearly every other Dealer in the state!
4. Harrah's would provide Part-Time Dealers with more shifts instead of looking outside of the company for more new workers.
5. Harrah’s would provide us with a guarantee that our tips are safe.
6. We would not have had experienced repeated cutbacks during a time of our employer’s unprecedented prosperity.
7. Our employer would not be fighting our efforts to have more rights.
8. Our employer would not be using our Supervisors in their Union-busting efforts.
9. Our employer would guarantee us no layoffs when Shingle Springs opens.
10. Our employer would be honest with us.

     Being that we live in a smaller community, the "Family" card will likely be in play, as the "Lucky to live in Lake Tahoe" card has been played for generations.  This same "family" tactic was used by Steve Wynn, the man who pioneered the tip confiscation scheme.  Here is an excerpt from the speech (transcript here, audio here) that he gave to Dealers.  Keep in mind that he has taken MILLIONS of dollars out of their tip pool.

I want to get the family feeling back here.  Now, some people are saying, “Well, Steve, all of the sudden you waited six or seven months and now there’s going to be a union election this weekend.  Is that the whole story?”  In my particular case, and I’m looking you in the eye, I did not realize the extent of the mistake I had made until yesterday.  I was more focused on the right thing I did for the bosses than the wrong thing that I did for the dealers – and the results of it.  So I came late to the party.  There’s nothing to be said except that I got it wrong.  And it’s not the first time that I got it wrong, kids, and it probably won’t be the last time, because I’m a guy that tries.  And this time I got it wrong.  There’s nothing else to be said.  I’m sorry for the aggravation.  I would never do it intentionally if I had understood the result.  And I don’t mean by that the union election, I mean the loss of the family, warmth, and the happiness – and the sense of trust – that someone like that lady that I spoke to yesterday had when she came to work for me – as she has for the past 20 years.  I felt terrible about that and it opened my eyes to the situation.