Steve Wynn shoots himself in the foot

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Wynn shoots himself in the foot with his tip sharing
Wynn Dealers Unionize

May 20, 2007

By John L. Smith

Steve Wynn once shot off his index finger while playing with a pistol. You'd think he would have learned his lesson.

Last September, Wynn fooled with the wrong end of another gun when he forced his dealers to share their tokes with floor supervisors.

Bang. That'll show those dealers.

But in no time, it was Wynn who was doing the bleeding. Not at his lusty bottom line, but in the image department.

Like workers in some gaudy gulag, Wynn Las Vegas dealers were warned not to speak with the press after the change. When they did, some media scolds chided them for being ungrateful.

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The fix is in. zg

Wynn dealers lose Supreme Court tip sharing decision

By SEAN WHALEY and ARNOLD KNIGHTLY
REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU

CARSON CITY — Two Wynn Las Vegas dealers who filed a class action lawsuit in 2006 to end a tip-pooling program implemented at the Strip casino lost their case Thursday before the Nevada Supreme Court.

The court said in a unanimous decision written by Justice Michael Douglas that the Nevada labor commissioner was the appropriate person to consider complaints under the state's labor laws.

The decision upheld a lower court ruling in favor of Wynn Las Vegas and returns the dispute to the labor commissioner for further proceedings on the matter.

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