MLB Media Employees Unionize Under Writers Guild of America
The 127 workers will seek a first union contract with MLB after becoming the first professional sports league employees to form a WGA bargaining unit.
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MLB media employees unionize under Writers Guild of America
MLB is staring down the barrel of another labor negotiation. Only this time, it’s not with the players, it’s with the editorial workers of MLB Advanced Media, the league’s media arm. In what is being described as “a first for a major U.S. sports league,” editorial workers at MLB’s central office have formed a union…
MLB Advanced Media Workers Vote to Unionize with Writers Guild of America East
NEW YORK, NY (November 11, 2026)—Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) and the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) announced today that 127 of MLBAM’s Content Department employees producing and creating content in English, Spanish, and Japanese for MLB voted to unionize for the purpose of collective bargaining. After a majority of the bargaining unit signed union cards, MLBAM and the WGAE swiftly reached an agreement for an independent …
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