ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s main casino workers union and the New Jersey attorney general on Monday asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a different union that seeks to ban smoking at the city’s nine casinos. Local 54 of the Unite Here union said in a filing in state Superior Court that a third of the 10,000 workers it represents would be at risk of losing their jobs and the means to support their families if smoking were banned. Currently, smoking is allowed on 25% of the casino floor. But those areas are not contiguous, and the practical effect is that secondhand smoke is present in varying degrees throughout the casino floor. A lawsuit brought earlier this month by the United Auto Workers, which represents dealers at the Bally’s, Caesars and Tropicana casinos, seeks to overturn New Jersey’s indoor smoking law, which bans it in virtually every workplace except casinos. |
Kepler has 3 RBIs in return from injured list; Twins beat White Sox 72024 Eurovision Song Contest: Everything you need to knowDR MAX PEMBERTON: I've seen the real impact infidelity has on children, and it breaks my heartFacing pressure from rights groups, World Bank suspends funding for Tanzania tourism projectElon Musk accuses Australia of censorship over Sydney church stabbing videoFish farm develops into tourist hotspot in exploration of modern aquacultureChina unveils data of technically recoverable oil and gas resourcesEcuador violence: Ecuadorians approve referendum measures to toughen fight against gangsHybrid rice market expands in AsiaPolicies can create growth momentum