Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal casino will close at the end of the Labor Day weekend amid labor strife stirred by the last in a series of bankruptcies for the former gambling empire of Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported today. The Republican presidential nominee hasn’t been involved in the management of the casino for years, but his name remains on the facade of the boardwalk property, which is owned by billionaire Carl Icahn. Represented by Unite Here Local 54, some 1,000 Trump Taj Mahal workers went on strike July 1, asking for the restoration of health care benefits lost in the company’s most recent bankruptcy. Icahn pledged to invest $100 million into the Trump Taj Mahal to get it in shape to compete, but dialed down the investment after the company left bankruptcy-court supervision.
