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 that it secured a five-year deal for about 700 employees at Virgin Hotels near the Las Vegas Strip 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. That brings an end to the lengthy and highly contentious contract negotiations that had stalled in the public spotlight because of disagreements over pay. — Associated Press