Billionaire casino investor Carl Icahn threw out a new offer made by casino workers’ union Local 54 of Unite-HERE, which the group claimed would have prevented the closure of the beleaguered Trump Taj Mahal casino.
The Associated Press reported that Icahn has stood pat in his decision to shutter the Trump Taj Mahal on October 10, 2016 and no new offer from Local 54 will ever change the mind of the businessman.
Tony Rodio, president of the Tropicana casino, which Icahn also owns, reiterated the earlier statement of Icahn that the union has no one but itself to blame for the impending loss of nearly 3,000 jobs.
“This was not a negotiating session,” Rodio said. “As previously announced, the Taj Mahal will close its doors on October 10, 2016… If McDevitt cared even one iota about the future of the employees he would have allowed them to vote on the proposal we offered five weeks ago based on his recommendations, which we believe could have saved the Taj. But in the end he blindsided us and the employees because closing the Taj served his personal purposes.”