Unifor Local 444 has reached a tentative collective agreement with Gateway Casinos & Entertainment for workers at Cascades Casino Chatham in Ontario.
Talks continued beyond a midnight strike deadline before the agreement was announced.
CTV News Windsor reported the union's early 12 November announcement. Local 444 represents 97 workers at the property, where members had voted 91.5% in favour of authorising strike action.
CTV said the sides bargained past the midnight deadline before reaching the tentative settlement.
The union has not released a date for a ratification meeting or published the proposed agreement's terms. Its duration, pay provisions and working conditions therefore remain unconfirmed. The deal still requires members' approval.
The strike ballot preceded the 11 November expiry of the Chatham workers' previous collective agreement. It authorised industrial action if negotiations failed but did not itself start a strike.
The proposed settlement was reached after the deadline, before any Chatham walkout was reported.
Gateway Casinos operates properties in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. It lists 320 slot machines and 10 live table games at Cascades Casino Chatham, which opened in 2019.
The Local 444 agreement concerns this property and its own 97-person bargaining unit.
Casino labour negotiations have also produced a separate settlement elsewhere in Ontario. On 6 November, more than 900 Unifor Local 1090 members at Casino Ajax and Pickering Casino Resort ratified a four-year contract with Great Canadian Entertainment after a prolonged strike. Their agreement includes wage increases totalling 14% over its term, according to the union.
That four-year Ajax and Pickering agreement was negotiated with a different operator and bargaining unit. The 14% figure cannot be applied to Chatham: neither Local 444 nor Gateway has announced a pay increase or other terms for its proposed contract.
The immediate strike deadline has passed, but members still decide whether the proposed Chatham contract takes effect.
Before the latest agreement, workers at Cascades Casino Chatham and Starlight Casino Point Edward had authorised strike action. The two Local 444 units comprised 214 workers in all; this tentative settlement covers the Chatham unit alone.
Cascades Casino Chatham was Gateway's first Cascades-branded property in Ontario
