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What You Need to Know as the MLBPA Pushes to Unionize the Minors

This is a monumental step toward improving working conditions for minor leaguers, but there’s still a long road ahead.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 29, 2022

MLB Players Association takes first steps to unionize minor leaguers

The Major League Baseball Players Association, which represents nearly 800 active baseball players, is seeking to add minor league players to its ranks, representing a labor shift that would allow the younger athletes to collectively bargain for better wages and playing conditions.

Tribune News Service · Aug 29, 2022

MLBPA makes push to unionize minor leaguers

The players’ association said Monday it is circulating union authorization cards among players with minor league contracts to form a separate bargaining unit from the big leaguers.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 29, 2022

Waiting game: How Cubs players are preparing for uncertain spring-training start

The Cubs are well-represented at the Arizona facilities the MLBPA reserved for players during the lockout this spring.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 9, 2022

MLB Fans Unhappy with Potential Ban of Defensive Shift

Major League Baseball wants to ban the shift, and the MLBPA appears to be open to the ban.

Sports Illustrated · Mar 7, 2022

Major League Baseball Players Association launches $1 million fund for stadium workers as owners’ lockout drags on

NEW YORK — The players are stepping up and giving back to those unfairly affected by MLB’s lockout.

Tribune News Service · Mar 4, 2022

Lance McCullers Jr. Rips MLB Owners, Deletes Twitter Account

Houston’s pitcher criticized how CBA negotiations started before deleting his Twitter account.

Sports Illustrated · Mar 2, 2022

MLBPA ‘Disgusted’ by Cancellation of Games, Delivers Scathing Response to Decision

The MLB Players Association released a statement via Twitter denouncing the cancellation of games as the lockout drags on.

Sports Illustrated · Mar 2, 2022

Report: Opening Day in Jeopardy as MLB and MLBPA Continue Tense Negotiations

After another day of tense negotiations, the MLBPA and MLB remain at a stalemate.

Sports Illustrated · Feb 26, 2022

This Is MLB’s Most Important Weekend in Two Decades

What you need to know as MLB and the MLBPA try to make a deal before Monday’s deadline to start the season on time.

Sports Illustrated · Feb 25, 2022