'It got so bad that we struggled to breathe even though we were outside. 'Last week when we were on the picket line, I saw two company security trucks running on both sides of the entrance – to the garages – facing backwards, with the exhaust facing the picketers,' he said. One of my coworkers was already hit,' Jamil Johnson said he has been a server at MGM for 16 years.Īnother worker who has been at MotorCity Casino for 23 years, Anthony, warned city council members of other hazards strikers are facing. Workers highlighted that casinos are placing barriers on public sidewalks, forcing them into the streets. 'My primary issue is for us to be allowed to have the resources we need to stay warm in this Michigan weather,' Lennell Parker, an MGM worker, said.Ĭonditions on the picket line are proving to be dangerous.
