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Members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and UNITE HERE are racing ahead with a campaign opposing a lawsuit filed by Kentucky Speedway against NASCAR. The suit would force NASCAR to change the way it allocates races.

Kentucky Speedway is partly owned by Richard Farmer, the chairman and founder of Cintas Corporation, the largest uniform supplier in the nation. UNITE HERE and the IBT are trying to organize Cintas. Cintas has fought hard to keep its workers nonunion and was recently ordered to pay $1.4 million in back pay for violating living wage laws.

Farmer became involved with Kentucky Speedway when the fledgling company was looking for corporate sponsorship in the late 1990s. Farmer became a part owner in the track. Kentucky Speedway quickly got in the fast lane and has successfully hosted NASCAR Craftsman Truck and Busch series races.

For more information and to track this campaign, visit http://www.thetracksuit.info/. You can also rev up the IBT, UNITE HERE members’ campaign by signing a petition at the same site. The petition urges NASCAR to move current races from Kentucky Speedway and to end CINTAS’ corporate sponsorship. Alternatively you can write to CEO Brian France c/o Brand Sense, 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 600, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Expiration Date:
Wed, 11/01/2006 - 5:00pm