The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut has completed the layoffs of 700 gaming employees.
Citing a decline in slot machine revenues and the downturn in the national economy, the tribe cut jobs at Foxwoods Resort Casino and
the new MGM Grand at
Foxwoods. That was about 6 percent of the entire gaming workforce.
“It’s understandably very difficult for all the employees, as well as the management,” a spokesperson told The Norwich Bulletin. “We are spending as much time on a one-to-one basis as needed.”
Federal and state agencies are in the region to help those who lost their jobs. Laid-off workers will receive two weeks pay for every full year of service and medical benefits for up to 26 weeks from the tribe.
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Foxwoods nears end of layoffs
(The Norwich Bulletin 10/18)
Connecticut, Rhode Island offering help to hundreds affected by Foxwoods layoffs (The New London Day 10/18)
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Mashantucket casino completes 700 layoffs
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