(PORTSMOUTH, Va.) – Workers at Rivers Casino in Portsmouth, Va., represented by Teamsters Local 822, have voted by a 95 percent margin to ratify a collective bargaining agreement. They are the first casino workers in Virginia to ever secure a union contract — setting a precedent for fairness, wages, and workplace protections in the state’s growing gaming industry. “This is history in the making,” said James Wright, President of Local 822. “For the first time, Virginia gaming worke...
