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.⁦@LizShuler⁩ President of ⁦@AFLCIO⁩ and Tony Clark of ⁦@MLBPA⁩ at talking about organizing MiLB and that MLBPA is joining the labor federation. #1u #aflcio Image
Tony ClarkLiz Shuler
MLBPA will be the 58th direct affiliate of the AFL-CIO.
Both cited the pandemic and the lockout as important reasons for the affiliation.
The time was right to organize the minor leaguers. We didn’t have to go out and sell it. - Tony Clark
The NLRA is broken. We need labor law reform to make it easier for workers to organize. - Liz Shuler
We have asked for voluntary recognition and have reached out formally and informally. If they don’t (agree) we will petition for an NLRB election. We’re encouraged by the dialog we’ve had. - Tony Clark

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Sep 9
A friend asked me why this all seemed to happen so quickly, when it should have happened 50 years ago. I will say that there are 3 main reasons. Tony Clark, hubris, and COVID.

Until two days ago I had never been in the same room with Tony Clark, nor heard him speak, except 1/
in limited sound bites. Also, the media portrayed him as not up to the job, something I took with a grain of salt. But, in hearing him speak Wednesday and subsequently meeting him, I can say unequivocally, he is a trade unionist. He has big goals for protecting and advancing 2/
players' interests.

I'll save hubris for the end, because COVID was used as an opportunity by MLB and goes to the hubris.

COVID allowed baseball to cancel the 2020 MiLB season. It also brought to light (thanks Advocates) the living & working conditions of minor leaguers. 3/
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Sep 9
One of the best thing about subscribing to a number of newsletters is that when you miss an important story, newsletter authors give you a heads up. Today, @injuryexpert put me on to this one I missed.

It's about one of the biggest subjects in the new CBA - the bonus pool for 1/
pre-arbitration players. We knew about it generally based on how it was reported at the time, but now we get to see how it is specifically working.

MLBPA and MLB are still operating under their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), rather than a formal CBA; it's why the CBA 2/
is not available publicly on the PA's website yet.

Anyway, Ken Rosenthal's article shows the results of how the formula (which we haven't seen in detail yet) calculates the combined WAR values for the top 10 not-yet-arbitraiton-eligible players as of 9/1. Of course it could 3/
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Sep 7
A number of people on threads for national baseball writers asked, what is the AFL-CIO and what does it mean that the MLBPA is now affiliated with it.

I will try to give a brief answers to those questions and also explain the benefits of AFL-CIO membership. 1/x
The AFL-CIO is the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations. It is a federation of labor unions, meaning it is not a labor union itself, but rather a collection of labor unions that have chosen to ally themselves to seek mutual aid.
The AFL-CIO has 58 2/
directly affiliated unions - some unions themselves have subordinate unions that are considered indirect affiliates through their parent union.
As a federation, not all of the unions agree on every issue. But, on those with common cause, the AFL-CIO helps as the voice for all 3/
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Apr 29
So, I wrote about how the union gets to appoint in-house or select outside counsel in an arbitration under this policy, but I'll also address the Union's duty of fair representation and how many unions determine whether to pursue a case.

A union cannot 1/
act arbitrarily, discriminatorily, or in bad faith when making decisions about whether and how to represent employees for whom they are the exclusive representative. Because discipline is covered by the CBA and the policy on domestic violence etc. is covered in the CBA, the 2/
Union's duty extends to those matters. It wouldn't normal extend to things like taking a case to the EEOC, for example.
So, in applying that duty of fair representation, a union may not make a distinction between a dues payer and non-member. In the instant case it doesn't 3/
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Apr 29
I want to lay out the procedures of appeal, because the player has indicated he will challenge the discipline.
1) Discipline under the Joint Domestic Violence,
Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy is subject to grievance arbitration panel review (1 neutral, 1 from Union, 1 1/
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2) Only the Union and/or the Union's appointed outside counsel may argue the case for the player. This could lead to conflicts, but arbitration is a creature of the contract, so the player has little 2/
choice other than to provide input and hope that the Union accepts the input in selecting outside counsel. In a case like this, in which the Union will want to be protect the process, but perhaps not be supportive of the issue, hiring outside counsel - even one the player 3/
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Feb 28
I'm pleased that there have been so many more truth tellers recently. I just wish they had come sooner. And, I hope that partners like ESPN will allow their writers to bring the honesty (and that they are willing to do so- I know some won't be willing).

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Andy then properly blames the owners and 3/ The owners initiated this shutdown. The owners waited 43 day
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