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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — IBEW Local 1430 held a press conference outside the Saratoga Race Course’s main entrance on Tuesday, Aug. 22 to demand that NYS Thoroughbred Owners and Trainers recognize the backstretch workers union. Over the last few months Gilberto Mendoza, IBEW Local 1430’s lead organizer and Vice President, and his team have collected […]
By Mike MacAdam/The Leader-Herald SARATOGA SPRINGS — Organizers announced on Tuesday an effort to unionize the backstretch workers at New York Racing Association tracks, including Saratoga Race Course. Claiming that the hundreds of hot walkers and grooms who care for the racehorses on a daily
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — IBEW Local 1430 held a press conference outside the Saratoga Race Course’s main entrance on Tuesday, Aug. 22 to demand that NYS Thoroughbred Owners and Trainers recognize the backstretch workers union. Over the last few months Gilberto Mendoza, IBEW Local 1430’s lead organizer and Vice President, and his team have collected […]
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Following the recent anti-democratic hate group “Proud Boys” marched through Saratoga Springs, approx 150 area residents gathered to say: “All people are welcome, ideas and groups that foster hate and violence are not.” The Sunday, Aug. 13 rally was held after The Proud Boys, a group defined by Britannica as a […]