Copa Casino employees released of their jobs after hurricane

September 20

The Biloxi Sun Herald has now reported that instead of receiving three months pay and benefits like other displaced casino workers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, employees of the Copa Casino got a final paycheck and a termination letter the same day Hurricane Katrina struck.

As all of us online poker players know by know, Katrina slammed into Mississippi, destroying several coast casinos including those owned by Las Vegas-based corporations, Harrah's Entertainment and MGM Mirage. While Harrah's and MGM Mirage workers received three months pay and benefits, Copa Casino workers say the company that prided itself on being locally owned and operated isn't providing the same level of compassion.

Workers are now saying that they were released of their positions at the casino on the very day the storm hit, which was August 29.

In its defense, an executive with the Copa, said the company is not a big corporation and incapable of affording a continuation of payroll and benefits.