The state Department of Transportation is balking at issuing the United Auto Workers union a permit allowing workers to gather this weekend along Route 2 in front of Foxwoods to protest the grand opening of the new MGM Grand.
The union, which won an election last fall to represent table game dealers at Foxwoods, applied for [...]

The United Auto Workers are going ahead with plans to picket the opening of MGM Grand at Foxwoods this weekend.
The union will stage a number of protests and demonstrations Saturday and Sunday at the Route 2 entrances to the casino, union officials said. MGM Grand is scheduled to open to the public at midnight Saturday [...]

HARTFORD, Conn.%26A union seeking to represent dealers at Foxwoods Resort Casino filed a complaint Friday with the National Labor Relations Board alleging that the casino forced a dealer to testify on behalf of management at a federal labor hearing. The United Auto Workers wants the NLRB to investigate what it calls [...]