Las Vegas hotel workers threaten strike which could impact Formula One weekend

Nevada’s largest labour union, with about 60,000 members state-wide, has not gone on strike in decades

Members of the Culinary Workers Union blocked traffic along the Las Vegas Strip as part of their dispute (AP Photo/John Locher)

Tens of thousands of Las Vegas hotel workers fighting for new union contracts set a strike deadline on Thursday, threatening major disruptions at more than a dozen resorts that could coincide with the city’s inaugural Formula One races later this month.

The Culinary Workers Union said about 35,000 members whose contracts expired earlier this year are ready and willing to walk off the job if deals are not reached by November 10 with casino giants MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment and Wynn Resorts.