Culinary union members continued to picket Friday outside the downtown Las Vegas casino properties with unsettled contracts.

In a dazzling display of technological advancement, CES 2024 in Las Vegas showcased a new era of automation in the hospitality industry. Robot baristas, AI-powered chefs, and a myriad of other innovations took center stage, leaving both attendees and workers contemplating the future of their jobs.

The barista tipped the jug of smooth, foamy milk over the latte, pouring slowly at first, then lifting and tilting the jug like a choreographed dance to paint the petals of a tulip.

MGM Resorts International, the largest employer on the Las Vegas Strip, was close to reaching a tentative deal with the hotel workers union, the casino company’s CEO said as the clock ticked closer to a union deadline for a sweeping strike.

The labor union representing tens of thousands of Las Vegas hospitality workers announced Wednesday that it has reached a tentative deal with casino giant Caesars Entertainment, a major breakthrough that could help avert an unprecedented strike at more than a dozen hotel-casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.

The CEO of MGM Resorts International said in an earnings call that he believed contract negotiations underway Wednesday would lead to a tentative agreement with the Culinary Workers Union

Station Casinos wants a federal appeals court to overturn an order forcing the company to bargain in good faith with Nevada’s most prominent union, regardless of whether the court finds the gaming giant broke federal labor laws.

For decades, two powerful groups based in the state of Nevada have been engaged in a bitter feud. The Station Casinos and Culinary Union feud continues with no real end in sight.