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CLEVELAND, OHIO Just a few hours before he officially accepts the presidential nomination of the Republican party, Donald Trump agreed to pay a $11,200 federal settlement for retaliating against workers who voted to unionize at his eponymous Las Vegas hotel.
Trump, who claims he never settles when sued, agreed to pay the workers after the National Labor Relations Board found that Trumps corporation had unfairly challenged the union vote and illegally retaliated against the workers who led the organization effort. Trump must now pay back wages to two workers, one of whom the hotel fired and another who was denied a promotion for convincing her 500-plus co-workers to join the Culinary Workers Union in Las Vegas. Under the terms of the settlement, Trump did not admit breaking federal labor laws.
Workers at the hotel also told ThinkProgress that the Trump corporation threatened and intimidated them in the lead up to the union vote.
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Trump hotel housekeeper Maria Jaramillo told ThinkProgress in February that she is paid much less and has much fewer health benefits than workers at other hotels on the Las Vegas Strip.
Weve all heard Mr. Trumps appeals to working people. But its a ruse, a smokescreen
At Mandalay Bay I had health insurance for free, a retirement [account], every year I got a raise, I got holiday pay, she said, explaining that she left that job to raise her children and couldnt get it back. Over here [at Trump International] we dont get an [annual] raise, we have to pay for our insurance, and we have no retirement. Its a big difference. Im not making enough to give my kids a better future.
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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/07/21/3800770/trump-settlement-vegas/
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