Casino Stocks Rise After Atlantic City Workers Decide Not to Strike on July Fourth Weekend

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Casino Stocks Rise After Atlantic City Workers Decide Not to Strike on July Fourth Weekend
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MGM Resorts Internationaland Caesars Entertainment stocks were on a move Friday after the two casino operators reached a tentative agreement with Atlantic City casino union workers, avoiding a strike on the Fourth of July weekend.

At issue were the casino workers’ wages. Contracts of union-represented workers expired at the end of May, after which they , the start of one of the year’s busiest holiday weekends. But the tentative agreement reached on late Thursday night with four casinos—MGM-owned Borgata and Caesars Entertainment-owned Caesars, Harrah’s, and Tropicana casinos—averts this strike.