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_2021-03-17
A local union in Jeju held a public demonstration in which it pledged to work for the interests of casino workers who have been badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic and related crisis for the tourism industry.

_2021-02-09
Sixteen Turkish nationals who are former workers of Imperial Pacific International, whose H-2B visas have already expired, have left the CNMI, even though the firm still owes them five months’ back pay.

_2021-01-06
Almost half, or 88 of the over the 200 construction workers of Imperial Pacific International, will have to leave the CNMI by the end of this month because their H-2B visas are expiring.

_2019-09-09
Workers at SkyCity Casino in New Zealand organized a weekend-long strike for the second week in a row, attempting to improve their weekend and night-t

_2019-04-29
The Philippines is finalizing new rules that will be able to weed out illegal foreign workers and ease concerns over tax evasion and loss of job oppor

_2018-09-04
Hundreds of casino workers gathered in a demonstration on Monday, calling for the government to better enforce smoking laws inside gaming venues, Maca

_2018-06-27
Local workers need to see lower-skilled foreign workers as people that improve the local economy, rather than “just labor”, says a Macau researche

_2018-03-05
The U.S. government has ordered four China-based construction contractors behind IPI’s new casino resort on Garapan to pay a collective $13.9 millio

_2018-02-11
Saipan casino operator Imperial Pacific International said it is working on recruiting more U.S. workers for its hotel-casino in Garapan. According to

_2018-02-03
A group of workers from MGM China has urged an investigation into MGM’s new high-tech gaming tables that have allegedly been causing discomfort amo

_2018-01-23
More than 30 percent of those seeking help for gambling disorders in 2017 were employed in the casino sector, according to Social Affairs Bureau (IAS)

_2017-12-11
Imperial Pacific Resort Pacific International chairman Mark Brown says he is confident that the company will meet its August 2018 deadline to complete

_2017-12-05
A gaming workers union in Macau has urged the city’s gaming operators to increase the salary of their employees. According to a report from MNA, loc

_2017-10-17
The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau has not yet come up with a surveillance plan to prevent frontline casino employees from gaming outside o

_2017-09-24
37 illegal workers who worked on Imperial Pacific’s casino and hotel have refused an offer to be paid and sent back home to China, Saipan Tribune re

_2017-09-05
Employees of Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) gathered outside Galaxy Macau on Tuesday, disgruntled over a recent bonus offering

_2017-07-18
The Labor Affairs Bureau has promised to inspect all of the city’s construction sites after a fatal construction accident at the City of Dreams' new

_2017-04-16
More than 50 Chinese construction workers hired to build the Imperial Pacific Hotel & Resort gathered in a protest on Friday demanding to be paid thei

_2017-01-16
The Macau government has reiterated that it protects the legal rights of all gaming workers in the city, including those working at satellite casinos,