Union asks judge to hold Twin River in contempt
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Twin River slot parlor apparently wants to curtail its simulcast racing operation, according to a legal motion filed Tuesday by the slot parlor's pari-mutuel clerks in U.S. District Court in Providence According to the court filing, a Twin River lawyer told a representative of of Local 334 of the Service Employees International Union, that its members would no longer get overtime pay on Sundays because the Lincoln gambling venue would no longer be conducting simulcast racing. Local 334 represents about 228 people who work in the slot parlor's racing operation. In April 2009, U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith ordered the slot parlor to pay the clerks about $175,000, combined, for working Sundays. Since the ruling, the workers have been getting paid time-and-a-half for working that day. According to a motion filed Tuesday morning in U.S. District Court, a slot parlor manager told a union representative on Oct. 7 that it would stop paying overtime. The motion also states that Michael Chittick, a Twin River lawyer, said the reason for halting the overtime pay was that the slot parlor "has stopped or plans to stop conducting simulcast racing." UTGR Inc., the holding company that operates the slot parlor, on June 23 filed for federal bankruptcy protection. A hearing in that case is set for later today.
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