Salary floor could end labor stalemate
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NEW YORK -- When baseball players agreed a decade ago to restraints on signing bonuses for draft picks, then-union head Michael Weiner said: "If it doesn't work, we can always try something else."
When baseball players agreed a decade ago to restraints on signing bonuses for draft picks, then-union head Michael Weiner said: "If it doesn't work, we can always try something else."
... because it looks like we’re headed for another one.
This July 16, 1981 file photo shows US baseball union leader Marvin Miller speaking to reporters after rejecting a proposal to end a baseball strike, in New York. (AP Photo/Howard, File) It took several tries, but Marvin Miller, the longtime Jewish Major League Baseball Players Association chief who changed the sport by transforming the US players’ union into a powerhouse, will finally be inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame. There’s one catch — the pandemic-delayed induction ceremony is set to take place on Rosh Hashanah. The Cooperstown, New York-based Hall of Fame announced last m...