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Thunder Valley casino workers unionize

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A substantial portion of Thunder Valley Casino's workforce is now unionized. Roughly 800 drivers, food-service workers and others - about 40 percent of the Lincoln casino's workers - will be represented by either Unite Here or the Teamsters depending on the job, officials with the casino said today.

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