Violation of a non-compete agreement has been central to Wynn Resorts’ lawsuit against Fontainebleau over poaching of senior executives. Wynn claims the new resort hired nine of its executives and encouraged workers to violate their employment contracts.

The violation of a noncompete agreement has been central in Wynn Resorts’ lawsuit against Fontainebleau for poaching senior executives. Wynn claims the new resort hired nine of its executives and encouraged workers to violate their employment contracts. But in April the Federal Trade Commission changed its rules and announced that starting Sept. 4 all new noncompete agreements are banned. So, how would a ban impact executive hiring and moves on the Strip?

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has affirmed a previous ruling that Red Rock Resorts violated national labor laws when it successfully tried to persuade workers not to unionize and has ordered three of the company’s Las Vegas casinos to negotiate collective bargaining agreements with employees represented by Culinary Workers Union Local 226.

The recent lawsuit brought by Elon Musk’s SpaceX challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) might seem to have little to do with Starbucks. The Seattle-based coffee giant has publicly distanced itself from SpaceX’s frontal assault on the nearly 90-year-old labor law regulator.

Labor made great strides in 2023 with the UAW, Writers Guild, SAG, and local Culinary Union all negotiating historic deals with their industries.

Police say 58 Culinary Union members were arrested on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday night in what the union called an act of "civil disobedience."

Ruben Garcia, law professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, joins us to talk more about the many strikes that we're seeing all across the country.

Culinary and Bartenders Union members yelled from picket lines outside Park MGM on October 12. A chorus of car horns from Las Vegas Boulevard chimed in.