Trump Taj Mahal strike: Longest in Atlantic City casino era

The union says no negotiations are scheduled with the casino that Donald Trump opened in 1990 but which now belongs to the Republican presidential nominee's friend and fellow billionaire Carl Icahn.

The central issue in the strike is the union's demand for restoration of health insurance and pension benefits that a bankruptcy court judge allowed the casino's former owners to eliminate in 2014.

Having lost ownership of the company to bondholders in a previous bankruptcy, Trump resigned as chairman of Trump Entertainment Resorts, retaining a 10 percent stake in return for the use of his name.

The union held a rally in the state capitol Trenton on Monday in support of a bill pending in the state Legislature that would entitle strikers to unemployment benefits after a walkout reaches 30 days.

Strikers have been receiving support from a union strike fund, and some have qualified for government food assistance and have had payment plans arranged for them by utility providers.