The Culinary Workers and Bartenders Unions seek a new five-year contract with improved wages and benefits as casino operators post record profits. In prior negotiations, a strike threat was enough to spur a deal, but these talks have been slow, union representatives said on Monday. Casino Niagara was created in 1996. MGM has said that every 1% increase in wages would add about $10 million to labor costs, according to Truist analyst Barry Jonas. (Reporting by Doyinsola Oladipo in New York and Shivansh Tiwary in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel and Cynthia Osterman) He estimated wage increases could cost Caesars $40 million to $60 million a year and double that for MGM based on their employee count.

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Pappageorge said that negotiations were "very disappointing" and the companies did not make substantive wage proposals. The unions are demanding higher wages, stronger protections against new technology that may threaten jobs, lower housekeeping quotas and improved safety. Oct 9 (Reuters) - Thousands of Las Vegas workers will picket MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment casinos on Thursday for the first time in nearly two decades, the unions said, as they contemplate a possible strike.