A tentative contract agreement was announced Tuesday between operators of The Venetian and Palazzo and Culinary Workers Union Local 226, ending a decades-long standoff.

Representatives from Virgin Hotels Las Vegas and the Culinary exchanged heated words over the stalled contract talks. But a workers strike over Memorial Day weekend was ruled out.

A 48-hour strike at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas began early Friday and will last through Sunday. The property is the last of the resorts from the 2023 negotiations that has yet to agree on a new labor contract.

Our tracker covering the negotiations between the Culinary and Bartenders unions nearly two dozen Strip and downtown resorts leading up to the strike date.

Culinary Union leadership said the organization will call a strike at any of the 20 properties that have not reached a tentative agreement on a new contract by Feb. 2.

For many of the properties, a strike would mark a historic first time that workers at those properties have walked off the job.

The Tropicana and Culinary union reached a tentative five-year contract agreement, even as the Strip resort may be demolished next year for baseball stadium.

Caesars, MGM Resorts and Wynn employees represented by the Culinary and Bartenders unions ratified new five contracts earlier this week.

Wynn Resorts and the Culinary Union reached a tentative five-year contract agreement Friday, becoming third major operator reach a deal and end fears of a strike on the Strip.

MGM Resorts and the Culinary Union reached a tentative agreement on a contract which will avoid a strike on Friday morning.

Caesars Entertainment and the Culinary Union reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year early Wednesday morning, potentially averting a walkout by 10,000 workers at nine Strip properties. MGM is on the cusp of an agreement.

Culinary officials say the two sides are far apart on the union's calls for higher pay, better benefits and lighter workloads for housekeepers.

The Culinary will have informational pickets in front Strip resorts on Thursday operated by MGM and Caesars and the union is asking visitors to not cross the lines.

Results of the vote would authorize negotiating committees to call for a strike by some 53,000 non-gaming Strip and downtown casino employees.

The Culinary and Bartenders unions have called for a citywide strike vote by 53,000 non-gaming Strip and downtown workers by the end of September.

MGM Resorts and Caesars executives said progress is being made on new five-year contracts being negotiated with the Culinary and Bartenders unions.

A month after labor contracts covering some 60,000 non-gaming resort employees expired, Culinary Union leaders and hotel-casino operators continue to negotiate new agreements.