If Arlington International Racecourse reopens on Mother's Day, asscheduled, its betting windows could be closed.
The union representing 600 clerks who work the betting windows atArlington and other tracks is threatening to strike May 14, thescheduled reopening date. The track has been closed for two years.
Contract talks stalled Thursday after the two sides couldn't agreeon the amount of a salary increase. No talks have been scheduled.
"We've hit a brick wall," said Mary Ellen Foley, business agentfor Local 134 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,which represents the pari-mutuel clerks. Foley said her members,without a contract since December, …
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