City resident Tania Morillo works in environmental services for Caesars Atlantic City, cleaning public spaces in the casino hotel, and after 24 years on the union job barely makes more than teenagers in their first Boardwalk job.

“I make $15.42 an hour,” Morillo, 53, said at a Thursday news conference at City Hall, led by City Council Vice President Kaleem Shabazz, to draw attention to the need for casino workers to get a better deal in their new contract being negotiated by Unite Here Local 54.

Morillo said she gets no tips. The mother of two adult children has been struggling to deal with rising prices from inflation.