Las Vegas Sun

April 25, 2024

Opinion:

Why Las Vegas is a great place for working-class women

This summer I worked as a seasonal cocktail server, a job that came with a membership in the largest union local in Nevada, Culinary 226. In my first week on the job, I chatted with a co-worker in the elevator. I asked how long she had been working there. “Twenty-eight years,” she said. “And I just got my dream shift last week!”

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