Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada was seeing red today, literally, when hundreds of Transport Workers Union members rallied outside of the building wearing red “Support Your Dealer” tee-shirts and chanting, “No contract, no peace!”

“These dealers deserve dignity and respect, and a grievance process,” said TWU President James C. Little. “It is despicable the way they are refusing to give their dealers a contract.”

About 800 TWU members passionately marched up and down E. Flamingo and Las Vegas Blvds in front of Caesar’s Palace for more than an hour as Harrah’s executives looked on.

Dealers at Caesars Palace voted in December of 2007 by a 3 to 1 margin to be represented by Local 721 of the Gaming Division of the Transport Workers Union, but have been unable to bring long negotiations to a conclusion with a contract. After engaging in anti-union election tactics in 2007, Harrah’s Entertainment, the parent company of Caesars Palace, has stalled contract negotiations for its 600 dealers for nearly two years.

“Two years is too long,” said Joe Carbon, director of TWU’s Gaming Division, a phrase that became a favored chant by TWU members at the rally. Kanie Kastroll, a Wynn dealer and acting president of Local 721 added, “it shouldn’t take a federal law to get a fair contract.”

“Dealers are hard-working individuals who deserve a fair contract, as do all laborers in the United States,” said TWU Local 556 member Teri Queen.

Wynn and Caesar’s Palace dealers present at the rally expressed gratitude for the TWU’s efforts to win them fair wages and contracts. “We embrace all the members, officers and all the help that TWU has given to us,” said Josephine Tang, a Wynn casino dealer. “All the dealers in Las Vegas appreciate TWU’s help.”

“This is just another perfect example of how leaders of corporate America don’t believe their workers deserve the same kind of benefits that they receive themselves,” said Assistant Director of the Air Transport Division Bobby Gless.

On Tuesday, President Obama is expected to endorse the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) in a speech to the national AFL-CIO convention. EFCA would mandate that employers and unions enter into binding arbitration if agreement could not be reached on a first contract in a timely manner. Harrah’s would be outlawed. EFCA is expected to go to Congress as soon as a replacement is named for the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy.