About a thousand workers at the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, plan to go on strike today ahead of the busy July 4 weekend, another blow to the resort city’s long-struggling tourism business, Bloomberg News reported today. Workers including housekeepers, bartenders, cooks and cocktail servers are seeking higher wages and health care benefits lost when Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. declared bankruptcy in 2014. The Taj Mahal is controlled by investor Carl Icahn. Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, no longer has a management role. Talks with Trump Taj Mahal failed to reach an agreement that the negotiating committee could recommend, Unite Here, the union representing casino workers, said in an e-mailed statement Friday. Atlantic City, once the second-largest casino market in the U.S. after Las Vegas, has struggled in recent years as neighbors expanded their gambling offerings. Casino revenue in the city totaled $2.4 billion last year, half the take from ten years ago.
