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Bob McDevitt, a prominent local figure in Atlantic City and head of its largest casino workers' union, has announced that he will resign his position after 26 years.

He’s led Atlantic City casino workers through three strikes, been arrested at protests nearly 10 times, and won workers including housekeepers, cocktail servers and others the best contract they've ever had. Now Bob McDevitt is stepping down as president of the main Atlantic City casino workers union, Local 54 of Unite Here, after 26 years as one of the most powerful people in Atlantic City. On May 1 he'll become head of the union's national pension plan. The union's 2016 strike led to the closure of the Trump Taj Mahal casino, but it reopened two years later under new ow...

Some Atlantic City casino dealers pushing for a smoking ban have received support from several state lawmakers during a long-awaited hearing on a bill that would end smoking inside the nine casinos

Some Atlantic City casino dealers pushing for a smoking ban have received support from several state lawmakers during a long-awaited hearing on a bill that would end smoking inside the nine casinos. Dealers, cocktail servers and other casino workers want a law to close a loophole in the state’s 2006 indoor smoking law allowing it to continue in casinos. The gambling halls fear widespread revenue and job losses if smoking is banned while it is still allowed in neighboring Pennsylvania. No action was taken Monday on the bill, which Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has promised to sign if the Legisl...