Vol. 3, No. 2, 2007 • Page 5

ROSEMARY
CHRISTIAN-KEACH

SHOP STEWARD

Rosemary Christian-Keach moved to Las Vegas in 1976 with her family, first working as as a Cocktail Server in 1985 at Caesars pool and then the Silver Slipper. She moved over to the Aladdin initially as a Cocktail Server, eventually switching to bartending in banquets and concerts. When she heard that female bartenders were being hired at O’Shea’s she applied and was finally hired as a full-fledged bartender. A year later Rosemary moved to the Excalibur as a bartender for the next 3 years, eventually transferring to the Luxor for its opening.

She became a Shop Steward in 2004 partly to help out the other Shop Steward who was on overload handling all shifts. Rosemary volunteered and became a Shop Steward in order to share the workload. Also, she wanted to work on improving the relationship between the employees and the previous management team.

Rosemary worked diligently on the negotiating team for the Luxor, spending many hours in negotiating the new contracts. This resulted in agreeing on a fair wage increase, maintaining free health benefits, just to name a few and in working together with her fellow employees, union representatives, and management was a part of successfully securing a great new contract.

This being her first time in negotiations, Rosemary learned that patience is extremely important and that everyone has an opinion and right to voice that opinion, no matter how big or small. She appreciated the willingness of management to cooperate with the necessary time off required (even at the last minute) to attend negotiations. Management continuously accommodated last minute scheduling changes without causing any undue stress to the negotiating committee, which was greatly appreciated.

When not working, representing her fellow employees as a Shop Steward, or attending contract negotiations, Rosemary and her husband (Lee) like to go deep-sea fishing off the coast of Mexico. She has a daughter (Courtney) in college and a golden retriever named Roscoe (who demands much of her time and is definitely the pack leader in the family).