Labor woes at Belmont as Triple Crown bid nears

AP ^ | June 5, 2012 | Staff

[C19fan]

A mediator was trying to settle a labor dispute at Belmont Park that threatens to scratch I'll Have Another's chance of winning thoroughbred racing's first Triple Crown in more than 30 years. An official with the union representing maintenance and starting gate workers at the New York racetrack said the mediator was meeting Tuesday morning with the New York Racing Association and union leaders.

[C19fan]

Way to go union thugs. You work in a sport that is dying and can use all the positive publicity it can get and now you threaten to shut down the biggest race of the year.

[martinidon]

Starting gate workers have a union? I mean what horrible working conditions that must be.

[massgopguy]

There’s a $17,000,000 pot that has been adding up since Affirmed last won the Crown. The FIX is in!!!!

[freedommom]

off the subject BUT...

Arlington Horse track has a super 5 bet on their last race

I was wondering why it never got hit since the carryovers
are over 500,000..........

well I was at Sam Houston rp and the fellow next to me hit that race

he was real happy...but the screen said carryover
HE WON THAT RACE

guess what there is a rule that the jackpot is payed out
ONLY if there is ONE winner.

There have always been more than 1 so they don't pay it out

what a sucker bet!!!
and they never have posted this info

[Gay State Conservative]

"Maintenance and starting gate",eh? Sounds pretty complicated to me.There's probably a 5 year apprenticeship (at $30/hr) and,upon graduation,you move up to $50/hr.

Filthy,worthless Communist union thugs.

[dead]

The unions will fold easily.

After today's election, the last thing the big wigs of the left want is more embarrassment and negative press for the unions.

They'll fall right in line, as commanded.

[Cyber Liberty]

what a sucker bet!!!

I have another name for that. It's called "Welshing." (Apologies to my friends in Wales!)

[Venturer]

It was kind of the Union to wait until they had track officials over a barrel to bring this up.

[oldbrowser]

Way to go union thugs. You work in a sport that is dying and can use all the positive publicity it can get and now you threaten to shut down the biggest race of the year.

Because that is when they can apply the most pressure and have the best chance to get their demands.

[dead]

It was kind of the Union to wait until they had track officials over a barrel to bring this up.

Of course, that's how it's done!

But I suspect these track guys are pulling this crap on their own, and the larger labor movement leadership isn't going to be willing to take the international heat of cancelling the triple crown, because 150 track workers in NY are feeling their oats.

The Obama and Cuomo Administrations are going to slam them behind closed doors too. They really don't need this crap right now.

[americas.best.days...]

UNIONS.ARE.OBSOLETE!!!