Atlantic City casino workers voted to authorize a strike for increased wages ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Unite Here Local 54’s contracts with Atlantic City’s major casino-hotels—including MGM Resorts International Borgata and Caesars Entertainment Harrah’s and Caesars properties—expired on May 31. Organizers say workers’ wages have fallen behind in recent years through the 2008 economic downturn, the damages from Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the recent pandemic and inflation.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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