Native American Casinos and Union Avoidance

Native Americans are among the nation’s most disadvantaged and oppressed groups; so, it makes little sense that they are allied with House Republicans. But they are united in a bill to remove Indian casinos from the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board. Earlier this week, the House passed a bill on a 249-177 to prevent the NLRB from hearing petitions for union elections or claims of unfair anti-union conduct filed by workers at tribal businesses on Indian land. By the way, Indian casinos pocketed $28.5 billion in gaming revenue in 2014, according to the National Indian Gaming Commission…. Not enough to share, however, with their mostly Native American workforce.