Tulalip Casino lays off 240 workers seven months after opening - 2004-01-31
The Tulalip Tribes yesterday abruptly fired 240 Tulalip Casino workers, many of whom finished their night shifts and collected their pink slips.
The layoffs are the most recent sign that the Tulalips' glitzy, $78 million casino is not doing as well as expected when it opened to much fanfare in June.
The elimination of 240 jobs — mostly card dealers and food-service employees — leaves the total casino work force at just over 1,400.
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