LAS VEGAS — The longest strike in decades by Las Vegas hotel workers ended Wednesday with a new contract between the union and a casino where hundreds of employees had walked off the job in November.

The Culinary Workers Union announced on the social media platform X that it secured a five-year deal for about 700 employees at Virgin Hotels near the Las Vegas Strip. In a joint statement, the union and casino said they were ready to move past their disagreements “for the benefit of all team members at the property” after the 69-day strike that began Nov. 15.

Bethany Khan, a spokesperson for the union, said the deal came together in recent days and was approved unanimously Wednesday by the union’s rank-and-file.

The union’s previous contract with Virgin Hotels expired in June 2023. The new one includes what the union has described as a historic 32% increase in wages over five years, an amount Virgin Hotels had said isn’t “economically viable”

— The Associated Press