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Pari-Mutuel Clerks Win NYRA Arbitration Fight

The New York Racing Association has lost a major arbitration case brought by fired pari-mutuel clerks, dozens of whom walked off their jobs a year ago during the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) over a contract dispute.

 Friday, June 02, 2006

Union Questions Clerk Reductions at Santa Anita

A decision to reduce the number of pari-mutuel clerks at Santa Anita racetrack has angered union leaders, who say the cutback is having a ripple effect on the industry's labor work force in Southern California. For the first time in more than a decade, there are less than 100 clerks taking bets at Santa Anita during the week. There are somewhere between 85-90 clerks during the week about 200 clerks manning betting windows on the busier weekend days.

 Saturday, January 20, 2001