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The Major League Baseball (MLB) shocked the sports world entering its first strike in 27 years, after the agreements established between owners and the players’ union to carry out employment contracts expire without prior renewal.
This Thursday, the franchise owners of the Major League Baseball held a vote in which it was decided whether the league would enter a lockout (strike) or not, after last Wednesday The agreements established in 2016 regarding the establishment of labor relations between players and teams will come to an end.
This election ended with a majority unanimously in favor of the strike. The aim of the leaders was to exert some pressure on the body in charge of representing the players, the Major League Baseball Players Association (Mlbpa), seeking that the renewals and agreements between both sides can be fixed as soon as possible being out of season.
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However, the players’ union showed his discontent at this fact, claiming that it was a dramatic and unnecessary position on the part of the owners. «It is a dramatic measure. It is not required by law or by no other reason. It was the owners’ choice to pressure the players to renounce rights and benefits. We seek a negotiation that is fair for all parties, “said the Mlbpa through a statement.
Statement from the Major League Baseball Players Association: pic.twitter.com/NmqpdzggjI
– MLBPA in Spanish (@PELOTEROS_MLB) December 2, 2021
Among the issues to be negotiated are find the luxury tax system and the collective bargaining agreement, which were originally created looking for a increased competitiveness in the league, reducing the disparity between teams, as well as helping in the establishment of agreements and contracts between players and team owners with topics of salary caps and payroll expenses.
It should be said that prior to the call to stop activities, the teams, preventing the situation they made a large number of hires in free agency, same that added expenses of 1.4 billion dollars.
Now, with this strike, it will be the first time since 1994 that the big top is stopped because of a work stoppage, remembering that on that occasion even the sequence that determines the champion of the season, the World Series, was affected by its suspension, due to the fact that the Negotiations at that time lasted until 1995.
R: DJ
