Representatives from the MLB Players Association and the baseball industry will meet this week in Texas to try to reach an agreement to renew the labor agreement, The Athletic reported.
The meeting comes as a final attempt to prevent negotiations from being frozen due to the fact that on December 1, at 11:59 p.m., the current collective contract expires.
In recent days, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred admitted that time is running out to sign a new deal.
Major League Baseball players want change, and union lawyer Bruce Meyer is fighting to deliver it. “The other side is not going to be happy with me.”https://t.co/6CNen0RIQO
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) November 28, 2021
The players’ union wants changes in relations with the owners and that is why they will defend their interests until the end, said their representative in the negotiations, Bruce Meyer.
If there is no new agreement for the first day of December, all hiring processes for the 2022 season will be paralyzed.
