Windsor Employees Receive Layoff Notices

Published: July 9, 2012 11:39 am EDT

It has been reported that some remaining employees at Windsor Raceway received layoff notices over the weekend.

The news comes courtesy of an article by the CBC, which also contains quotes from Windsor Raceway President Pat Soulliere.

Soulliere reiterated to the CBC that Windsor Raceway's position "has not changed" in terms of the track still not accepting the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s proposed transitional agreement.

After the OLG opted to remove its slot machines from the border facility, the track announced that it is planning to end all operations August 31.

(With files from the CBC)

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The rest of the 12 mutuel employees plus two janitorial and one supervisor were given their layoff notices, there is nothing left here, nothing. Management are supervising with some instruction given by other supervisory staff, it is not pleasant , no security, no direction, a truly regrettable situation and such a sad ending for such a once wonderful place to come. Tara Benson.

We definitely should keep the fight going, in my opinion Mcguinty is utterly devoid of any socially or intellectually redeeming value other than shooting himself in the foot. Without the NDP & the Conservatives were in trouble, in my opinion we need to organize and head to Queens Park. Start at Windsor / Quebec border and bring the 401 to a 100km crawl, have a couple dark nights of racing so there will be no excuses. Alot of horsemen can't see the bush for the trees & some just don't care enough to make a stand.

More jobs lost. March 2013 you can add 30,000 or more to the list not good news i think it will get much worse. Our government dont care we need to fight this. Keep writing your mpp and call as many as you can. Dont stop the fight

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