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COPYRIGHT 2006 Las Vegas Review-Journal
Byline: Jennifer Robison
Nov. 25--Chris Heath came to Las Vegas for Thanksgiving.
She stayed here for a protest.
Heath was standing in front of Wynn Las Vegas on Friday afternoon, rallying against a policy that redistributes a portion of casino dealers' tips to their supervisors.
Heath's brother is a dealer inside the hotel-casino, and she wanted to support him, she said.
"It's wrong for this big, rich man to steal money from people who live paycheck to paycheck," said Heath, a San Antonio accountant who added that her brother's income has dropped 20 percent since the tip-splitting regulation took effect Sept. 1. "If he thinks his front-line managers don't make enough money, he should give them a raise, and not do it on the backs of their subordinates."
Heath was one of dozens of sign-carrying protesters marching outside Wynn Las Vegas in a demonstration organized by the International Union of Gaming Employees, an inactive union that doesn't officially represent dealers at the resort or anywhere else on the Strip.
Jack Lipsman, vice president of the union and a retired dealer with 24 years' experience, said the group initiated the protest because the union wanted to stand...
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