Rivers Casino Portsmouth Workers Make History with Virginia’s First-Ever Union Contract

Rivers Casino Portsmouth workers make history with Virginia’s first-ever union contract

Rivers Casino Portsmouth workers approved Virginia’s first casino union contract, securing raises, health care, and job protections in a 95% vote.

Rivers Casino Teamsters Win Historic Union Contract in Virginia

(PORTSMOUTH, Va.) – Workers at Rivers Casino in Portsmouth, Va., represented by Teamsters Local 822, have voted by a 95 percent margin to ratify a collective bargaining agreement. They are the first casino workers in Virginia to ever secure a union contract — setting a precedent for fairness, wages, and workplace protections in the state’s growing gaming industry. “This is history in the making,” said James Wright, President of Local 822. “For t…