According to Matt Buckley, the President and COO of MGM Resorts' Midwest Group, the casino 'will continue to offer employees work, and to the extent employees represented by the union choose to participate in the strike, we will take whatever lawful action is necessary to fill shifts and continue providing our customers with entertainment and service.'Ī statement from MotorCity Casino Hotel General Manager John Policicchio said the two parties had made significant progress. MORE: Here's how much Detroit could lose due to the casino strikeĭetroit's three casinos Greektown, MGM, and MotorCity announced in varying statements they were disappointed by the decision to strike and would continue to run the gaming centers. 'We didn’t want it to come to this, but we was ready if we needed to,' said Terri Smith. After the rejected the casinos' latest offer Tuesday morning, the workers took up signs at noon.
