Icahn determined the $350 million he had lost in the Taj Mahal was enough. 'For the first time in 30 years, workers stood up to Carl Icahn and made him throw in the towel.' McDevitt said union members had what he termed 'their Popeye moment: 'That's all I can stands I can't stands no more,'' he said. 'I'm angry about what's happened, but I'm not sad about what we did,' she said. She, too, has no regrets about the decision to go on strike to reclaim the same standard of living that workers at the city's other casinos enjoy. I lost my fiancee to cancer just when medical insurance came off the table for us.' 'I had to pay for health care out of my own pocket, and if you don't think that's expensive, you haven't looked. 'I gave most of my adult life to this place,' she said. Rose Hall, yet another Day One employee, cleaned rooms at the casino hotel. 'I hope it gives him pause before he tries to come in and do this to anyone else.

'We stood up to a billionaire and told him we wouldn't take it,' she said. Tina Condos, a cocktail server at the casino since its opening, seemed triumphant despite the loss of her job. More than a dozen striking workers interviewed Monday said they did the right thing by walking out.

The closure of the sprawling Boardwalk casino, with its soaring domes, minarets and towers built to mimic the famed Indian historic site, cost nearly 3,000 workers their jobs, bringing the total jobs lost by Atlantic City casino closings to 11,000 since 2014. The company said that those repairs needed to be done regardless of whether the casino is open or closed. In August, just days after Icahn announced the closure plans, work crews repaired parts of the casino's facade and Boardwalk entry ways. Icahn and Taj Mahal management did not respond to repeated requests for comment on their plans.

McDevitt said union job actions including picketing and a campaign to get convention groups to patronize other Atlantic City casinos would immediately resume if the Taj attempts to reopen without a union contract. McDevitt said 'there's a strong possibility' that Icahn will keep the casino closed over the winter while conducting renovations and capital improvements, then attempt to reopen it in the spring as a non-union facility. Eight high school students in Las Vegas arrested in fatal beating of classmate

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