(New York) The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) is now responsible for negotiating a contract for the minor league’s 5,500-plus players, as a quick join campaign concluded on Wednesday, launched just 17 days later. back.

Players in the minor leagues, who can earn as little as $10,400 a season, are expected to negotiate an initial collective bargaining agreement in the off-season.

Independent baseball umpire Martin Scheinman told Major League Baseball and the union that more than half of the minor league’s 5,567 players have signed union credentials since the operation began on Aug. 28, according to what two people familiar with the matter said. to the Associated Press. These people requested anonymity as no announcement was made.

The MLB said Saturday that it would voluntarily accept unionization from minor leagues if a majority of players were in favor and would not force an election by the federal labor relations agency.

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Minor league players will form an independent bargaining unit from major league players within the MLBPA, which first negotiated a collective bargaining agreement in 1968. About 1,200 players are covered by the MLB’s employment contract. His average salary has gone from $19,000 in 1967 to over $4 million this season.

Minor league players will have to choose their representatives who will trade on their behalf this winter. The MLB and MLBPA have had a rocky relationship over the years, which has led to nine shutdowns, including one block of 99 days last winter, which led to the postponement of the start of the 2022 season.

Union fees for minor league players must also be a mere fraction of the $85 per day during a 182-day season that MLB players pay.

MLB raised the minimum weekly wage in minor leagues in 2021: $400 for rookie leagues and shortened seasons; $500 at Level A; $600 at AA level; and $700 at AAA level. Players with an MLB contract who transfer to the minor leagues cannot earn less than $57,200 per season on a first MLB contract, or $114,100 on subsequent contracts.

In addition, MLB required its clubs to provide housing for most minor league players.

A number of amateur players, however, receive significant signing bonuses: 67 of the top 68 picks of 2022 accepted a signing bonus of 1 million or more. The top 97 picks received at least $690,000.

MLB and attorneys for minor league players settled this season for $185 million in a lawsuit filed eight years ago for a violation of minimum wage rules. It is possible that 23,000 players could share around 120 million, while their lawyers would set aside 55.5 million.

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