US Supreme Court turns down union appeal in Trump Taj Mahal case

Supreme Court (SC) magistrates in the United States have washed their hands off a union appeal that challenges a move by the Trump Taj Mahal casino to scale back worker benefits as part of its bankruptcy reorganization.

Reuters reported that the U.S. high tribunal turned away from the petition of Unite Here Local 54 (Unite), a labor union representing more than 1,000 workers at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Without giving any comment, the SC left in place a January decision by the Philadelphia-based Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that cleared the way for the casino to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy and cancelled the health insurance and pension contributions called for in the union’s contract.

Businessman Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, no longer owns the casino and adjacent 2,010-room hotel, or the entertainment company. Trump Entertainment is now a subsidiary of billionaire Carl Icahn’s Icahn Enterprises LP.