tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768887527712554781.post769262756778993570..comments2023-06-19T09:26:26.664-04:00Comments on NJ HORSEPLAYER: Only in New JerseyBill Holobowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06267163445590752501noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768887527712554781.post-49339636026376437222011-04-15T12:03:04.525-04:002011-04-15T12:03:04.525-04:00Agreed re: leverage w/Bailey talks. I kind of look...Agreed re: leverage w/Bailey talks. I kind of look at this like Alec Baldwin in "The Cooler", where you have a party stuck way behind the times and unwilling to embrace the fact that things aren't like they used to be. <br /><br />The problem, as I see it, is that we're trying to extend a political and labor model that might have worked decades ago when the tracks were crowded, but is now outdated, particularly with people embracing technology and use of the ADW and such. The labor leaders should be lobbying like hell for Christie to put a slot parlor at the Meadowlands to create some jobs, whereas instead from media reports it seems they're digging their heels in for a battle, and the jobs at the center of that ultimate battle may eventually just evaporate. What good does that do for anyone really?<br /><br />In the end, I don't mean to go on a diatribe about or bash the labor movement, I just think that, once again, the customer of the product is the one that gets screwed in the end.Bill Holobowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06267163445590752501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768887527712554781.post-54646125354554894052011-04-15T09:08:05.178-04:002011-04-15T09:08:05.178-04:00I cannot help but feel that those leading this par...I cannot help but feel that those leading this particular union have miscalculated. First, they are banking on leverage for when the negotiations start with the Monmouth Park mutuel clerks with Morris Bailey whenever he takes over. <br /><br />Secondly, I have doubts this particular union has the best interests of the Big M employees in mind. NO VOTE for a 20% cut in salaries and benefits in order to create a long term business model? The unions know fully well their contract was with the NJSEA lasting till February of 2012. Jeff Gural is not the problem.<br /><br />You don't think there was some Atlantic City casino money involved in the decision? hmm?<br /><br />Should The Big M fall, it would be one step in an incredible series of shortsighted moves by the power brokers. I'd love to make plans to take my action elsewhere but we have no OTW's besides The Meadowlands up here. Very disappointing. Very frustrating.The_Knight_Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497100877439699363noreply@blogger.com