Members of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) union, which represents gaming industry workers, addressed the Connecticut legislature's Public Health Committee and Labor and Public Employees Committee on Monday in an informational hearing on the topic of extending the smoking ban in public places to include casinos, which are exempt from statewide smoking prohibitions passed in 2003.Īn assistant floor supervisor in the table games department at Foxwoods casino, Heather Sanford, said players could be smoking while inches away from dealers, and "we're trapped while poison is blown directly into our faces," The Day reports.ĭue to the pandemic, Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun have voluntarily stopped allowing smoking. The legislature's authority to extend the smoking ban to the casinos is under discussion, rejected by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and Mohegan Tribe. Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun have voluntarily stopped allowing smoking due to the pandemic. UAW union members addressed two Legislature committees on Monday in an informational hearing.
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