The second key issue seemed to be the $3/hour upfront pay raise.Ĭatherine Bilek Roberts, who also works at MGM, said, 'We should at least get $6, or $7 an hour, the first year.'

The long duration of the contract was a key issue for Abraham and many of the 700 some MGM union workers who voted not to ratify the contract. 'I was afraid that a 64-month contract was just too long,' said Wendy Abraham, a union member and dealer at MGM Grand Detroit. Strikers outside MGM Monday told 7 Action News that the historic offer was close, but not quite there. They are the only Detroit casino group that voted down last Friday's tentative contract offer from Detroit casinos.

DETROIT (WXYZ) - MGM Grand Detroit union workers are out on the picket line again today.