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Foxwoods employees in five departments voted yesterday to reject a proposal by Local 30 of the International Union of Operating Engineers to represent them in collective bargaining at the casion in Connecticut.

The vote by employees in the engineering, facilities, projects, engineering apprenticeship and interior landscape departments was 215 to 67 against representation.

“We are very pleased with the vote of confidence that employees have given Foxwoods management today,” said Foxwoods President Barry Cregan. “Those team members displayed outstanding professionalism through the entire process and clearly agreed that having an intermediary come between us wasn’t necessary."

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, which owns Foxwoods, has challenged the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board over the gaming enterprise. The Tribe’s General Counsel, Jackson King, said the tribe has cooperated with the agency while legal challenges are pending.

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