The league will voluntarily recognize the MLB players’ association as official union...
For the first time in a century, baseball players in the minor leagues will have formal union representation.
The average major league salary is above $4 million, but players with minor league contracts earn as little as $400 a week during the six-month season. And it's great that we're growing the game from there and fans are getting excited about minor league baseball, and that's bringing more fans to the big league level when those guys come up, but to be able to capture some of that value and to be able to fight for some rights that we think they should be afforded will be hugely important moving forward.”
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