Union files federal unfair labor charges against Atlantic City's Taj Mahal casino

Atlantic City's main casino workers' union has filed 27 unfair labor practice charges against the owners of the Trump Taj Mahal casino.

Tuesday's complaints allege the company threatened workers and unilaterally changed work schedules and rules that cost employees money.

Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union has been fighting Trump Entertainment Resorts for months over working conditions at the casino. The casino narrowly escaped closing in December when billionaire investor Carl Icahn put up $20 million to keep it afloat.

Icahn is acquiring Trump Entertainment by swapping $286 million in debt for ownership of the company and says the work rules are outdated and unaffordable.

The company declined comment.

Tuesday is also the day Revel must respond to a court order temporarily putting its sale on hold.