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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A federal judge Friday ruled against the Twin River slot parlor in a case that grants thousands of dollars in overtime pay to clerks at the gambling venue in Lincoln, according to a federal court document.

With his ruling, U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith ordered the slot parlor to pay about $175,000 in back pay to clerks who work Sundays at Twin River. The workers -- members of Local 334 of the Service Employees International Union -- have not been getting paid time-and-a-half for working Sundays while the case has been going on.

In April, Smith granted a joint motion from Twin River and the union in which the venue deposited an initial $138,270 with the District Court and agreed to make weekly $2,000 deposits until the case was resolved.

Twin River sued the union in federal court to vacate a January arbitrator's opinion granting the Sunday wages.

The union, which represents gaming department clerks at the slot parlor, had 228 members in 2006, according to a filing with the U.S. Department of Labor.

 Tags  economy Lincoln RI Providence RI Twin River union

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