He said that contract included pay raises and kept the same insurance plan. With the new contract, Majestic Star joins Blue Chip Casino Hotel and Spa Michigan City and Hollywood Casino in Joliet, IL in having negotiated contracts with Unite Here members.Ĭarson-Nelson told the media that members working at the Blue Chip Casino and Hotel ratified a two-year contract in December 2015. The union’s last contract with Majestic Star was settled in 2014 and expired in 2015, according to Carson-Nelson. Union spokesman Noah Carson-Nelson said in news reports that members are happy with the new contract.Ĭarson-Nelson said Unite Here Local 1 represents about 250 of Majestic Star’s cooks, cleaners and cocktail food servers in the hotel and the two casinos in Buffington Harbor. The contract capped months of negotiations between the Unite Here Local 1 and Majestic Star casinos.īarry Cregan, senior vice president and general manager for Gary casinos, said the two sides reached an agreement on August 16 and the contract was ratified three days later. Police say they are reviewing surveillance video from inside the casino, trying to figure out if any possible suspects were following the victim in our out of the casino, but as of now there are no suspects and no leads.Union workers at Majestic Star Casinos in Buffington Harbor are celebrating with a new contract that will guarantee them annual pay raises and health insurance. Neighbors say Austgen lived alone and kept to herself. John Friday morning, guarding her home but not saying why they were there. 'It really scares me,' said casino customer Ora Jackson.

Majestic Star Casino is yet to comment, but customers say they are watching their backs. The motive for the attack is still a mystery. Police say they don't believe Austgen was robbed. Gary Indiana Police Chief Wade Ingram says his department is working closely with police from Griffith.Īustgen was reported missing Thursday from Griffith, Indiana, where she works at a family company, Austgen Electric. Police are searching for Austgen's killer or killers.

John, Indiana, was found in her car with a single gunshot wound to her lower left torso. Friday, Lake County coroner's officials were called to Majestic Star Casino's Parking Garage 2D at 1 Buffington Harbor Drive.

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