Photo: Blue Lake Rancheria.

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Press release from the Blue Lake Rancheria:

The Blue Lake Rancheria (“Tribe”) is pleased to announce it has completed an agreement with the UNITE HERE International Union. The Union represents over one hundred hospitality workers at the Blue Lake Casino, Blue Lake Hotel, several restaurants, fuel station, and convenience store, which are among the Tribe’s largest government-owned economic enterprises.

With the ongoing labor shortages in the hospitality, restaurant, and other retail industries, the Tribe views Union partnership as a progressive way to retain employees, to co-design compensation packages with priorities identified by employees, e.g., healthcare, paid time off, retirement plans, and to stay competitive as a preferred employer for those looking for work.

Under the agreement, employees have access to competitive wages that keep pace with costs of living in the region, more paid time off, and benefits that support working parents - all items proposed by Union representatives and employees during negotiations. The Tribe and the Union also have a cooperative labor management process to jointly bring workplace issues to resolution.

As one of the largest employers in Humboldt County, the Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe recognizes the benefits of unionized labor including employee recruitment and retention, and an employment organizing structure designed to be fair and balanced.

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About Blue Lake Rancheria

The Blue Lake Rancheria, California (BLR) is a federally recognized, sovereign Native American tribe and government located in northwest California. BLR was originally established as a refuge for homeless Indians by Executive Order in 1908. In 1958, during the ‘era of termination,’ BLR was terminated as a Tribe by the federal government. After 25 years of termination, and as a result of the Tillie Hardwick v. United States of America decision, BLR was reinstated as a federally recognized Tribe in 1983. Today, BLR has ~100 acres of trust lands spanning the Mad River in Humboldt County, California, within the ancestral territory of the Wiyot people. For more information please see: https://www.bluelakerancheria-nsn.gov

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[DISCLOSURE: The Blue Lake Rancheria is a minority owner in the Outpost’s parent company, Lost Coast Communications, Inc.]