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Bradford William Davis (right) stands at a podium as he moderates the Seitz Decision 50th Anniversary Panel at SABR 53 in Irving, Texas. Sitting at the table, from left to right, are Ed Edmonds, Steve Rogers and Don Fehr. A blue SABR logo backdrop is behind the stage.

At #SABR53, we’re talking about the 50th anniversary of the Seitz Decision on baseball free agency and labor relations with law professor Ed Edmonds, All-Star pitcher Steve Rogers, former @mlbpa.bsky.social executive director Don Fehr, and @bwd.bsky.social. sabr.org/journal/arti...

Why the Dodgers Probably Won't Win the World Series | Opta Analyst Looking great in October is different than in March. We break down the reasons why the Los Angeles Dodgers may not repeat as champions.

Everyone thinks the star-studded Dodgers will win it all again. Done deal. Right?

But MLB hasn’t had a repeat champion since 2000. A lot can, and often, does go wrong. In fact, LA probably isn't going to win the 2025 World Series. @zcrizer.bsky.social explains:

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Particularly sad. I played ball with group of kids from both sides of the border at Derby Line every summer in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. Nobody at the ballppark cared where you woke up that morning.

This morning, we learned that President Trump fired Board Member Gwynne Wilcox, whose Senate-confirmed term runs until 2028.

This move must be called out for what it is—a frontal assault on the NLRB, its employees, workers, and the very idea of an independent civil service. 🚨

Yahoo! Sports has seen incredible talent pass though its doors the past three decades, yet its been blindly unwilling to build and keep a staff.

The intent is to prevent the Board from having a quorum. Without one it cannot make any decisions.

Without a Board or a General Counsel or GC designate unions and employees will have no redress for violations of the law.

We dealt with this during his previous 4 years with the FLRA, the federal 2/

Of Inequality, Mobility, and Salary Caps | Baseball Prospectus Does stratification among teams demand a change to player compensation?

Today at @baseballprospectus.com : With the Dodgers and the New York teams opening their wallets this offseason, seemingly pricing many teams out of the market for on-field talent, is it time for a salary cap in MLB? An examination by the numbers

What is socialism, if not the state owning the memes of production

A photo of, from left, Rocio Sáenz, Ai-jen Poo, Liz Shuler and April Verrett at the SEIU Convention in May 2024.

We’re thrilled to share breaking news:

The AFL-CIO and @seiu.org are reuniting with a new, long-term effort to make it easier for workers to win a voice on our jobs with our unions. 

There’s power in unity!
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The labor market stuck the landing!!!
Not much soft about it.

We end the year with a strong jobs report:
- Payroll employment up 256k
- Unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1%
- Labor force participation rate held steady
- Overall and prime-age employment-to-population ratios ticked up

#NumbersDay

Over 9.2 million workers will get a raise on January 1 from 21 states raising their minimum wages Twenty-one states will increase their minimum wages on January 1, raising pay for more than 9.2 million workers by a total of $5.7 billion. In addition, 48 cities and counties will raise their minimum...

Even with these increases, there are still tens of millions of workers being paid exceptionally low wages. We need to secure living wages for all and end harmful carve-outs like the tipped minimum wage ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽

www.epi.org/blog/over-9-...

My first read of the morning.

When people watched Hank Aaron in 1960 they just enjoyed the show, they didn't think "yeah, but I'm worried about 1968." I suggest we just watch Soto (or Judge/Ohtani/Harper/...) allow ourselves to be amazed.

I'm going to ramble a bit and use @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social post as a jumping off point.
The current CBA has the "Cohen tax" which requires teams that exceed the highest threshold for total team payroll of $293M/yr for 3 consecutive years pay 110% of the overage as a salary tax. So, this Soto 1/

2025 Classic Baseball Era Committee Candidate: Dick Allen After missing by a single vote in his last two ballot appearances, the slugger may have his best shot at election, albeit posthumously.

Dick Allen fell one vote short of election in his last two ballot appearances.

An elite hitter who clashed with a world that was often far too slow to embrace him as either a player or a person.

We’re more than ready to celebrate both now, says @jayjaffe.bsky.social

These Salinas area farm workers are harvesting lettuce hearts. Workers must keep pace with the machine as they work. A crew of 38 packs on average 1,800 - 2,000 boxes of lettuce per day. #WeFeedYou

MLBPA supports Fair Ball Act protecting Minor League Players NEW YORK, November 20 – MLBPA Executive Director Tony Clark today voiced the union’s full support for the Fair Ball Act, which would reform the Save America’s Pastime Act (SAPA) so that its federal mi...

This happened today:

www.mlbplayers.com/post/mlbpa-s...

During Pittsburgh's 2024 Labor Day parade, workers wearing white t-shirts carry a black banner with white and yellow text that reads "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Workers ON STRIKE".

Here are some ways that you can support our strike against the union-busting Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

Read the Union Progress: www.unionprogress.com

Donate to our strike fund: www.unionprogress.com/donate/

Tell the Block family to bargain in good faith: actionnetwork.org/letters/is-t...