GAMING HOSPITALITY OPERATIONS—COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS

Las Vegas Municipal Code tit. 4, ch. 4.36

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Las Vegas Municipal Code § 4.36.010 Purpose.

4.36.010 - Purpose. The City is authorized by State law and by Charter authority to engage in redevelopment activities. The City Council has the corresponding authority to establish limitations and conditions on the use of redevelopment funds and other resources. It is the intent of this Chapter to establish conditions on the use of redevelopment resources when they are used to assist in the development of projects for gaming hospitality operations in which the City or the City's Redevelopment Agency has a specified financial or proprietary interest in such operations in order to protect such interest from jeopardy resulting from labor disputes. (Ord. No. 6091, § 1, 5-5-10)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 4.36.020 Definitions.

4.36.020 - Definitions. As used in this Chapter and except as the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them: "Capital project" means a project which is financed by debt or by other funds of the City or the Redevelopment Agency and which meets all of the following: (A) Is an undertaking to construct, repair, renovate, improve, equip, furnish or acquire any: (1) Building, structure, facility or physical public betterment or improvement; (2) Land or rights in land; or (3) Furnishings, machinery, apparatus or equipment, for a building, structure, facility or physical public betterment or improvement; (B) Has an estimated useful life in excess of five years; and (C) Has an estimated financial cost in excess of one hundred thousand dollars. "Contract under 29 U.S.C. Section 185" means a labor contract to which 29 U.S.C. Section 185 (a) applies, as that provision has been interpreted by the United States Supreme Court. "Contractor" means any person party to a qualifying contract. "Employer" means an employer of employees hired to staff or work at a gaming hospitality operation. "Gaming hospitality operation" means a hotel or other establishment that: (A) Provides lodging and other guest accommodations, or other hospitality services; and (B) Is licensed for nonrestricted gaming. "Hospitality workers" means all full-time or part-time employees in a gaming hospitality operation, except supervisors, managers and guards. "No-strike pledge" means the prohibition described in Paragraph (1) of Subsection (A) of Section 4.36.030. "Qualifying contract" means: (A) Any contract, lease or license: (1) From the City or the Redevelopment Agency to use any property of the City or Redevelopment Agency for the conduct of gaming hospitality operations; or (2) Pursuant to which the City or the Redevelopment Agency is entitled to receive as rents, royalties or other income a percentage of the revenues of an enterprise, or any payments in connection with financing of a capital project provided by or through the City or the Redevelopment Agency; or (B) Any subcontract, sublease, sublicense or other transfer or assignment of any right, title or interest received from the City or Redevelopment Agency pursuant to any qualifying contract. "Redevelopment Agency" means the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Las Vegas. "Valid collective bargaining agreement" means a collective bargaining agreement entered into between a contractor and a labor organization lawfully serving as the exclusive collective bargaining representative for the employees who provide or will provide services pursuant to a qualifying contract. (Ord. No. 6091, § 1, 5-5-10)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 4.36.030 Requirements.

4.36.030 - Requirements. (A) As a condition precedent to any qualifying contract, each and every contractor and employer of employees hired to staff a gaming hospitality operation shall be or become signatory to a valid collective bargaining agreement or other contract under 29 U.S.C. Section 185 with any labor organization seeking to represent hospitality workers employed in the gaming hospitality operation. Each collective bargaining agreement or contract under 29 U.S.C. Section 185: (1) Must contain a provision prohibiting the labor organization and its members, and in the case of a collective bargaining agreement, all employees covered by the agreement, from engaging from any picketing, work stoppages, boycotts or any other economic interference with the hospitality operations of the contractor or any persons under contract to it for the duration of the time required for the repayment of public indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition or development of such capital project, or for the duration of the qualifying contract or contracts for the operation of such capital project, whichever period of time is more extensive. (2) Must provide that, during this time period referred to in Paragraph (1) above, all disputes relating to employment conditions or the negotiation thereof shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration. (B) Each and every contractor and employer of employees hired to staff a gaming hospitality operation shall require that any work under its qualifying contract or contracts that is to be done by the contractor's or employer's contractors, subcontractors, tenants or subtenants shall be done under collective bargaining agreements or other contracts under 29 U.S.C. Section 185 containing the same provisions as specified in Paragraph (1) of Subsection (A) above. (C) A contractor or employer shall be relieved of the obligations of this Section with respect to a labor organization if the labor organization places conditions upon its no-strike pledge that the City Council finds, after notice and hearing, to be arbitrary or capricious. (Ord. No. 6091, § 1, 5-5-10)

Source: City of Las Vegas, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/las_vegas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT4REFI_CH4.36GAHOOPOLBAAGFetched: 10/28/2026