The action appears to be related to a looming strike threat from Culinary Local 226. The TAM Nevada employee declined to specify how many people were participating in the training. TAM cards are a certificate for employees that verifies they have completed alcohol awareness training required by state law. The news was first reported by the Nevada Current.
Some management-level workers at MGM Resorts International are training to obtain an alcohol management card, a required step in bar-related service jobs, an employee at Techniques of Alcohol Management (TAM) Nevada confirmed. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) at some Strip properties are making contingency plans for a possible hospitality worker strike, including the steps a worker needs to take to serve alcoholic drinks. While the “informational picket lines” are not a work stoppage, Culinary union officials asked the public to not cross any picket lines. Members of Culinary Local 226 picket in front of Paris Las Vegas on the Strip Thursday, Oct.
