--- title: Donald Trump: Las Vegas Hotel Reaches Union Settlement description: Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel reached a settlement in a suit by two workers who said they were discriminated against for union organizing canonical: https://time.com/4417425/donald-trump-las-vegas-hotel-settlement/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-21T18:33:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:53.496Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Las Vegas Hotel Reaches Settlement in Union Lawsuit og:description: Donald Trump has boasted throughout his campaign that he doesn't settle lawsuits og:url: https://time.com/4417425/donald-trump-las-vegas-hotel-settlement/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41d781f85c095cb2/69889e9ca988ca0e686b8b9b/donald-trump-las-vegas-hotel-suit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3512 og:image:height: 1976 og:image:alt: Las Vegas Economy Bounces Back og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Las Vegas Hotel Reaches Settlement in Union Lawsuit twitter:description: Donald Trump has boasted throughout his campaign that he doesn't settle lawsuits twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41d781f85c095cb2/69889e9ca988ca0e686b8b9b/donald-trump-las-vegas-hotel-suit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Las Vegas Hotel Reaches Settlement in Union Lawsuit > Sponsored content. 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George Rose/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jul 21, 2016 6:33 PM UTC Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel has reached a settlement of $11,200 in a complaint by two workers who said they were discriminated against for union organizing. The complaint accused the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas of firing a union supporter and denying a full-time job transfer to another worker, while offering job opportunities to workers if they would not support the union, according to a [release](http://www.culinaryunion226.org/news/press/trump-hotel-las-vegas-agrees-to-11200-settlement-after-treating-employees-unfairly) from the Culinary and Bartenders Union on Thursday. The case had been set to go to trial. The hotel — which is co-owned by the [presidential nominee](http://time.com/4416422/republican-convention-donald-trump/) and [casino tycoon Phil Ruffin](http://time.com/4415131/republican-convention-phil-ruffin/), who spoke at the Republican National Convention — will now pay the two workers a combined $11,200 in lost wages, the release said. The union accused the hotel of an “aggressive anti-union campaign.” The hotel did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday. Trump has boasted repeatedly throughout his campaign that he doesn’t settle lawsuits. But a [review by USA _Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/06/01/donald-trump-lawsuits-legal-battles/84995854/) last month found that Trump and his businesses had reached a settlement in at least 100 cases. The [New York _Times_ has also reported](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/06/us/politics/donald-trump-soho-settlement.html) on Trump’s specific settlements. “I don’t settle lawsuits — very rare — because once you settle lawsuits, everybody sues you. Very simple,” Trump [said](http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1603/08/se.03.html) at a March press conference in Jupiter, Fla. “It’s like business. I teach it.” “I could settle the case now if I wanted to settle the case. I don’t settle cases,” Trump said, speaking about the [Trump University lawsuit](http://time.com/4353116/trump-university-documents-released/) in a [March interview](http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/trump-on-university-i-don-t-settle-cases-often-635749955676) with MSNBC’s _Morning Joe_. “You know what happens? When you settle cases, everybody sues you. 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