Ruben Garcia In The News

Las Vegas Sun
The Culinary Union this week will conduct its first citywide strike vote in more than 15 years, but a vote to strike by a majority of 50,000 hospitality workers doesn’t necessarily mean a crippling walkout is imminent at dozens of Las Vegas casinos and hotels.
Las Vegas Review Journal
The Clark County School District is appealing an arbitration ruling giving teachers a pay raise, a move that the teachers union is vowing to fight.
People's World
For 80 years, the nation’s basic minimum wage and overtime pay law, the Fair Labor Standards Act, has lifted wages and given most workers a guaranteed floor for earning a living. But the FLSA still has holes and needs some updating to include workers originally excluded because of race, panelists at a daylong seminar on the act said.
Bloomberg
Does the rise of today’s gig economy call into question whether an 80-year-old federal wage law is still relevant? Some updates may be warranted, but making significant changes to the Depression-era Fair Labor Standards Act won’t be easy, worker advocates and management-side attorneys told Bloomberg Law.
Las Vegas Review Journal
Attorney General Jeff Sessions pushed back against critics Tuesday as he testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee investigating possible meddling by the Russians in the 2016 presidential election.
Las Vegas Review Journal
Valley Hospital Medical Center has severed ties with Service Employees International Union Local 1107, the union reports.
The Nevada Independent
As Nevada lawmakers debate raising the state’s minimum wage, one question is continually dredged up: Does raising the wage through legislative action violate the state Constitution. It’s a question asked by the Nevada Restaurant Association, which raised similar complaints over the legality of raising the wage during the 2015 session and is now reviving those arguments as Democrats try to push for a raise in the wage floor.
K.T.N.V. T.V. ABC 13
With President Donald Trump nominating Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, how could that affect residents in Southern Nevada?