Major League Baseball Player’s Association takes significant steps toward unionizing the minor leagues

Major League Baseball Player’s Association takes significant steps toward unionizing the minor leagues

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The Major League Baseball Players’ Association has finally taken a step toward unionizing minor-league baseball players Sunday night, they sent minor leaguers an authorization card allowing them to vote for an election that could make them MLBPA members. The Major League Baseball union gave the minor league group $50,000 last November.

ESPN first reported the news on Major League Baseball. More than 5,000 minor-league players are under contract with MLB teams during the season. MiLB players ‘deserve wages and working conditions that befit elite athletes,’ MLBPA said in a statement.

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The Major League Baseball Players Association has launched a campaign to unionize Minor League Players across the country. The historic effort kicked off Sunday night after receiving overwhelming support from the MLBPA’s Executive Board.

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“Minor Leaguers represent our game’s future and deserve wages and working conditions that befit elite athletes who entertain millions of baseball fans nationwide,” Major League Baseball PA executive director Tony Clark said in a statement released Monday morning.

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The Campaign launched by MLBPA (Major League Baseball Players Association)

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Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark said. “They’re an important part of our fraternity and we want to help them achieve their goals both on and off the field.”

The campaign is supported by Advocates for Minor Leaguers, which has served as a voice and resource for players since 2020, bringing heightened attention to the substandard working conditions that exist throughout the Minor Leagues. Each member of the Advocates for Minor Leaguers staff has resigned to take on a new role working for the MLBPA.

“This generation of Minor League Players has demonstrated an unprecedented ability to address workplace issues with a collective voice,” said Harry Marino, outgoing Executive Director of Advocates for Minor Leaguers. “Joining with the most powerful union in professional sports assures that this voice is heard where it matters most – at the bargaining table.”

“This organizing campaign is an investment in the future of our game and our Player fraternity,” Clark said. This is how they have attempted to increase the value of their players –

  1. Rookie ball: $400 per week (previously $290)
  2. Single-A: $500 per week (previously $290)
  3. Double-A: $600 per week (previously $350)
  4. Triple-A: $700 per week (previously $502)

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