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News and updates from Encore Boston Harbor on contract negotiations with UNITE HERE Local 26 and Teamsters Local 25. Visit

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Fair Means Facts: The financial reality has not changed since the start of the strike. When union leadership is ready to negotiate, we will be there.

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Encore Boston Harbor has paid $1.3 billion in total employee compensation and benefits and donated more than $15 million to local nonprofits. We are not just a casino. We are part of this community. https://t.co/COAmPHR42b

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Supporting casino jobs means supporting the businesses that create them. State leaders cannot push for gaming products that create no comparable jobs or community investment and call that a workers' agenda.

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Claims of "disinvestment" ignore the facts. We are one of MA's largest economic engines.

In 2025, well over 70% of our casino revenue stayed right here:
• $250M+ in employee wages and benefits
• $184M+ in gaming taxes
• $60M+ in host/surrounding community payments
• $43M+ in avg. capital expenses from 2023-2025

We remain focused on reaching a fair agreement and moving forward together.

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We are at the table. A fair agreement is possible, but it requires both sides to engage honestly with the financial realities. Fair means Facts.

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Since 2019:
· $1.3 billion in employee compensation and benefits.
· $1.1 billion in state taxes.
· $370 million to Everett.
· $15 million to local nonprofits.

That is the record we are fighting to protect. Our proposal is on the table, and we await the union's response. https://t.co/dUToIPeD3Z

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Standing for a photo is easy.

Creating over 3,000 jobs, paying over $1.3 billion in employee compensation and benefits, and generating more than $1.1 billion in tax revenue is harder.

Facts matter.

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Let's stick to the facts.

We've met with union representatives every time they've requested bargaining sessions since the strike began and are awaiting a response to our latest offer.

We remain committed to reaching an agreement.

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Facts matter. We've been available and engaged at every opportunity to bargain. We have an economically sound offer on the table. We agree on the size of the pie. The union decides how to slice it.

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While others focus on what happened over the last decade, we're focused on what we're building for the next one.

Jobs. Opportunity. Community investment. Exceptional guest experiences.

That's the work that matters.

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Supporting casino jobs means supporting the businesses that create them. State leaders need to explain how pushing online gaming protects the thousands of jobs they claim to champion. Encore's union wages are up nearly 37% in four years. Revenue has grown less than 2%.

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$95,000 in average total annual compensation. 86 union job classifications. 36.8% growth in wages and benefits over four years. The facts about working at Encore don't match the union's talking points.

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Our offer covers wages, healthcare, pension, and more. The union's leadership decides how those dollars are allocated. We write the checks, whether paychecks or benefit contributions. The union determines the priorities

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Encore Boston Harbor was built to be here for the long term — for our employees, our guests, and this community. A sustainable agreement is how we make sure that remains true.

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A fair agreement is possible. It requires both sides to engage honestly with the financial reality to protect jobs for the long-term. https://t.co/COAmPHQwcD

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Encore has put a significant package on the table. We let the union decide how to divide it — wages, healthcare, pension, other funds. We want to agree on the size of the pie. The union controls how it is sliced.

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Encore's union contract covers 86 job classifications. A downtown Boston hotel covers only a handful. The businesses are not comparable — and neither are the cost structures. Context matters. https://t.co/COAmPHQwcD

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Supporting casino jobs means supporting the businesses that create them. Massachusetts cannot support more online gaming competition without asking what happens to the jobs, taxes, and community investment that brick-and-mortar casinos provide.

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More than 70% of Encore's 2025 casino revenue was reinvested through employee pay, taxes, community payments, and property improvements. Our revenue stays in the Commonwealth. https://t.co/COAmPHQwcD