From the Niagara Falls Review: New “customer-friendly” technology in the city’s two casinos hasn’t proven friendly to staff on the gaming floor. Approximately 300 workers were told recently their jobs have been made redundant by new technology aimed at streamlining efficiency, such as the ticket-in/ticket-out operation of slot machines – instead of coins – and…
As reported previously, there is a Motel 6 being built at the corner of Stanley Avenue and Forsythe Street. There is now a sign up recognizing that it will be a Motel 6 and that it will be open in Spring 2007: I looked for more information, but there is nothing on the Accor Hotels…
On Friday I received the Niagara Fallsview Casino September Spotlight: I don’t remember getting the August Spotlight. To subscribe, click on the Spotlight Updates link on the right side of the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort main page.
From the Niagara Falls Review: Mitch Gabe was enjoying his first trip to Niagara Falls Friday when two shapely gals in skimpy outfits caught his eye. His wife Melinda didn’t mind. She was staring, too. “We’re taking a walk by the falls, I look at these two ladies, and my wife and I said the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Actor and special United Nations Ambassador Danny Glover joined hotel workers in a “rally for workplace justice” along Falls Avenue Saturday afternoon. The workers, all members of UNITE HERE local 2347, work in three hotels owned by Canadian Niagara Hotels – Sheraton on the Falls, Brock Plaza and the Skyline…
As I just posted, Danny Glover was in Niagara Falls today for a union rally. The UNITE HERE workers at the Canadian Niagara Hotels properties have been fighting for a while now, and this was a rally in support of them. I made it down for a couple of minutes of the rally. Unfortunately the…
I received this press release yesterday afternoon: Well known actor and Special United Nations Ambassador, Danny Glover will join hotel workers in Niagara Falls on Saturday, September 16th to demand workplace justice. The workers, all members of UNITE HERE local 2347, work in three hotels owned by the Canadian Niagara Hotels –Sheraton on the Falls,…
On Tuesday I received the latest newsletter from the Niagara Falls Marriott Fallsview. They are promoting a New Year’s package. I thought the email looked familiar, and sure enough, it is exactly the same email they sent out last year, but with a different year. That’s just lazy! You can subscribe to the newsletter by…
From Crazy4Cinema: The only reason NIAGARA is still around today is because it stars the luminous Marilyn Monroe. This was one of her first major roles and she makes the most of it. Not that there’s any character development or even a decent, script, but, for whatever reasons magic happens between an individual and the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: When tourist Herbert Matthews from Chicago, Ill., looked out from the 33rd floor of his hotel room to view the Horseshoe Falls, something caught his interest. Down below in a parking lot, he noticed a large group of firefighters taking part in some kind of a competition, so he went…