Nearly one hundred Bay 101 food service workers went on strike Friday after being told they’ll lose their jobs when the casino moves into its glitzy new digs in September.

“Bay 101 will be ceasing our Food & Beverage and Food Service operations sometime between September 18, 2017 and September 29, 2017,” stated a July 5 notice sent from the casino’s human resources to the employees. “We will be laying off the employees of these two departments. The layoff is expected to be permanent.”

Union leaders said the casino’s owners, the prominent Bumb family, decided to outsource food services when they move from their Bering Drive location to a larger site across Highway 101 on First Street.

Co-owner Brian Bumb referred questions to the club’s general manager, Ron Werner, who told IA the card room owners decided to no longer handle the food and beverage operation.

An outside company will manage it when the new Bay 101 opens. The expanded casino, which includes a two-story card room and 174-room hotel, is expected to open Sept. 14.

“We were just not good at managing food and beverage,” Werner said. “Sometimes things just change, and that’s what happened.”

About 90 food service employees will lose their jobs during the casino expansion.

“The workers feel very disappointed,” said Enrique Fernandez, business manager of UNITE HERE Local 19, which represents 120 casino housekeepers, maintenance workers and food workers. “They feel they’re not being respected by the company and given a fair severance package.”

One of those laid-off workers is Nellie Figueroa, a food server who’s worked at Bay 101 for more than a decade. The severance is two weeks of pay.

“I’ve been a loyal employee of Bay 101 and the Bumb family for nearly 15 years, and now that they have their fancy new casino I’m being thrown out with the trash,” Figueroa said. “Their future is in that new building, and now I’ll be left wondering how I’ll support my family and get by in this expensive area.”

Sixty five of the union’s members voted unanimously to authorize a strike.