From The New London Day:

FOXWOODS DEALERS OK UNION

Casino Vows To Challenge 1,289-852 Vote

Mashantucket — Dealers voted in the United Auto Workers union at Foxwoods Resort Casino Saturday by a vote of 1,289 to 852, but the fight — tense for some, enthralling for others — isn’t over yet.

In a historic election expected to bring in organized labor for the first time at one of the world’s largest Indian-owned casinos, dealers cast a total of 2,177 ballots, but 36 were challenged by the union or the company and thrown out. The overall vote was 60 percent in favor of the UAW. The count overseen by the National Labor Relations Board was completed at about 2 a.m. this morning. A total of 2,640 dealers were initially eligible, said Foxwoods Spokesman Saverio Mancini, but 25 were disqualified before voting and another five ballots were filled out wrong and voided, and some just didn’t show up, he said. Despite the win by the UAW, Foxwoods President John O’Brien said this morning that the company and its owners, the Mashantucket Pequot tribe, would examine all their options, including a legal fight, before letting the UAW in the door.

“We are disappointed with the preliminary tally, however, these results will not be official until all legal issues, including jurisdiction, are resolved,” O’Brien in a statement. “We continue to believe as we have from the very beginning that the labor board lacked jurisdiction and that any election should have been governed by tribal laws. “We have made our position clear to the NLRB and will continue to do so in the future.”