Nevada’s M Resort Spa Casino pictured above. The casino announced layoffs this week. (Image: Kayak)
The M Resort layoffs took place on Monday, and follow other coronavirus-linked layoffs at several casino companies and tribal gaming operations.
Most prominent layoffs were at MGM Resorts International. In August, MGM formally terminated approximately 18,000 workers in response to COVID-19.
Another property, The Tropicana, located on the Las Vegas Strip, laid off 702 employees in October. As of last month, it planned to lay off 132 more workers between the end of December and into this month, the
Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
In addition, last week, gaming properties operated by the Navajo Nation said they plan to furlough more than 1,100 workers, also because of the pandemic. The Native American tribe operates four casinos in Arizona and New Mexico.
These companies took $1 8 billion in federal aid to save jobs They laid off 90,000 workers anyway
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These companies took $1.8 billion in federal aid to save jobs. They laid off 90,000 workers anyway.
Public Integrity found that more than 900 companies took PPP loans while laying off or furloughing at least 90,000 workers in 44 states and the District of Columbia.
Rosa Rodriguez spent eight years ironing and hanging bathrobes for guests at the Mirage, the Bellagio and other five-star hotels on the Las Vegas Strip. But as COVID-19 spread through the United States and kept tourists away, there were fewer and fewer robes for her to press.
In March, Rodriguez and about 800 of her co-workers were laid off
from Brady Linen Services, a laundry service provider for hotels in Las
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These companies took $1.8 billion in federal aid to save jobs. They laid off 90,000 workers anyway
Published: December 18, 2020
Rosa Rodriguez spent eight years ironing and hanging bathrobes for guests at the Mirage, the Bellagio and other five-star hotels on the Las Vegas Strip. But as COVID-19 spread through the United States and kept tourists away, there were fewer and fewer robes for her to press.
In March, Rodriguez and about 800 of her co-workers were laid off from Brady Linen Services, a laundry service provider for hotels in Las Vegas, Mexico and the Bahamas. Rodriguez said her boss told her he would call her back when more work was available.
Companies Took $1.8 Billion to Save Jobs and Laid Off 90,000 Workers Anyway
A worker cleans stanchions and ropes in the front desk area of Bellagio Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip on June 4, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative news organization based in Washington, D.C.
Rosa Rodriguez spent eight years ironing and hanging bathrobes for guests at the Mirage, the Bellagio and other five-star hotels on the Las Vegas Strip. But as COVID-19 spread through the United States and kept tourists away, there were fewer and fewer robes for her to press.
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