MLB asked to voluntarily accept minor league union

MLB notebook: MLBPA asks to voluntarily accept minor league union

Players with minor league contracts would become their own bargaining unit within the MLBPA.

MLB asked to voluntarily accept minor league union

NEW YORK (AP) — The Major League Baseball Players Association asked management Tuesday to voluntarily accept the union as the bargaining agent for minor leaguers. Bruce Meyer, the union’s dep…

MLB asked to voluntarily accept union for minor league players

NEW YORK (AP) — The Major League Baseball Players Association asked management Tuesday to voluntarily accept the union as the bargaining agent for minor leaguers.

MLB asked to voluntarily accept minor league union

The Major League Baseball Players Association asked management Tuesday to voluntarily accept the union as the bargaining agent for minor leaguers.Bruce Meyer, the union's deputy executive director, sent a letter to MLB Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem that claimed a majority of minor leaguers had signed authorization cards.The MLBPA, which reached its first collective bargaining agreement for major leaguers in 1968, launched the minor league unioni…

MLBPA asks baseball management to accept union for minor leaguers

The Major League Baseball Players Association asked management Tuesday to voluntarily accept the union as the bargaining agent for minor leaguers.Phelan M. Ebenhack/APNEW YORK — The Major League Baseball Players Association asked management Tuesday to voluntarily accept the union as the bargaining agent for minor leaguers.Bruce Meyer, the union’s deputy executive director, sent a letter to MLB Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem that claimed a majorit…

MLB asked to voluntarily accept minor league union

Players with minor league contracts earn as little as $400 weekly during the six-month season; this would make them their own bargaining unit within the MLBPA.