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Transformations in Casino Gaming and the Unionization of Atlantic City's Dealers

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  • Ellen Mutari

    (Department of Economics, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, ellen.mutari@stockton.edu)

  • Deborah M. Figart

    (School of Graduate and Continuing Studies, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, deb.figart@stockton.edu)

Abstract

This account of a successful unionization campaign among dealers is based on an ethnographic study-in-progress of workers in Atlantic City's eleven casinos. Deteriorating working conditions that reflect broader political economic trends have contributed to a shift in employees' attitudes toward their jobs, their employers, and consequently unions. Unions became “insiders,†as casino management is increasingly viewed as “outsiders.†This case study is indicative of organized labor's ability to unionize in the twenty-first-century service economy.

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  • Ellen Mutari & Deborah M. Figart, 2008. "Transformations in Casino Gaming and the Unionization of Atlantic City's Dealers," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 40(3), pages 258-265, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:reorpe:v:40:y:2008:i:3:p:258-265
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    1. Robert J. Taormina & Angus Chin Him Kuok, 2009. "Factors related to casino dealer burnout and turnover intention in Macau: Implications for casino management," International Gambling Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(3), pages 275-294, December.

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