ATLANTIC CITY---“No contract, no peace”, that was the vocal message Tuesday afternoon, from nearly 200 protesters and casino workers in Atlantic City.

Organized by UAW Union representatives, the protest, which snarled traffic on Pacific Avenue for a time, was meant to call attention to the fact that many workers from Bally's, Caesars, Tropicana and Trump Casino do not have a contract, despite voting for union representation in 2007.

Rich Trumka, Secretary/Treasurer of National AFL-CIO, said that this current dispute centers around unfair worker pay and health benefits, "...This company refuses to sit down and bargain with them, they'll pay their CEO $39 million in bonuses, they pay these dealers $4.17 an hours."

"...Nobody should have to endure two years of delay, two years of thumbing their nose at the law, two years of saying to workers, we don't care what you want," shouted Trumka over a bullhorn to a large gathering of union workers.

One veteran table dealer from Tropicana claimed that casino's have been hiring more and more part-time workers, as a way to get around paying health benefits, "....so they made it where workers are working two jobs without benefits, part-time positions."

Early Tuesday evening, Harrah's Entertainment issued the following statement:
"Harrah's Entertainment is a good union partner and we are proud of our proven track record working with unions, including Local 54 and trade unions. We have been bargaining in good faith for more than 50 sessions in an effort to negotiate a reasonable contract that allows the company to remain competitive in this challenging economic and competitive environment. We question the value of any UAW tactics that are designed to disrupt our business, which would hurt the dealers and all 12,000 of our Atlantic City employees. We must all work together to keep Atlantic City competitive."