Las Vegas casinos report no disruptions on day of boycott

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Police estimated the rally attracted between 6,000 and 7,000 people (US).- Employees showed up for work in major casino companies yesterday on a day planned for a boycott, and then joined more than 11,000 people in flag-waving rallies across Nevada calling for immigration reform.

Casino companies Harrah’s Entertainment, MGM Mirage, Wynn Resorts and Station Casinos said calls to support fair reforms through petitions, T-shirts, stickers and rallies helped keep workers on the job. "Thank you for coming to work today," MGM Mirage senior vice president Punam Mathur yelled to cheering protesters waving American flags at an evening rally downtown. "You make our companies better, you make Las Vegas better," she said. "We want Congress to know: We want our families together."



Police estimated the rally attracted between 6,000 and 7,000 people, who later blocked southbound traffic on a peaceful march to the Las Vegas Strip. Last week, casino executives and the union representing 60,000 cooks, waitresses and housekeepers on the Strip urged employees not to miss work, but instead sign a petition and join an afterwork rally.

In contrast, dozens of Hispanic small businesses in Las Vegas were shut down and construction sites were severely depleted as earlier rallies drew workers onto the streets. In Reno, at least 15 out of about 75 businesses were closed Monday along a 12-block stretch of South Wells Street, an Hispanic-dominated neighborhood southeast of downtown.

More than 5,000 protesters rallied there and police shut down streets around the federal courthouse. About 300 turned out in northeast Nevada’s rural Elko County. American flags outnumbered Mexican flags by a 20-to-1 margin or more in Reno, where demonstrators carried signs such as one that read "When the pilgrims came to the USA, did they have green cards?"

At an evening rally, thousands more marched several miles from the University of Nevada, Reno campus to a vigil in front of the federal courthouse. "We are marching to educate ourselves, to break down the stereotypes and the bashing, to raise awareness," said David Pena, a UNR graduate student. "We are marching to break down the notion that borders divide people. We are one humanity and we’re all the same."

Some businesses expected a heavy economic hit because of the boycott, which encouraged supporters not to buy or sell goods nor attend work or school. At a construction site for a state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation building in Las Vegas, work slowed to a crawl with some 20 Hispanic workers estimated to be missing.

The office of the Spanish-language El Mundo newspaper in Las Vegas closed Monday "in solidarity," said publisher Eddie Escobedo. He said any economic pain felt by the Hispanic community was worth it.

Protesters have opposed a proposal that would turn illegal immigrants into felons and called for legislation that would create a path to citizenship for undocumented workers and reunite families. "The workers feel that one day of sacrifice is worth it to have their voices heard," Escobedo said. Las Vegas Sun

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