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Major League Baseball Players Association Asks League to Voluntarily Recognize Minor League Players Unionization
In late August, the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), the union representing MLB players, announced it had sent out union authorization cards to minor league players. Then, just after Labor Day, they announced that more than 50 percent of minor league...
Protected: Major League Baseball Players Association Asks League to Voluntarily Recognize Minor League Players Unionization
NLRB General Counsel Lobbies for Funding for Agency
“Our congressional mandate is to protect workers’ rights, so we want to take them back to the place where they were before their rights were violated,” National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo told CBS News Money Watch reporter Kate Gibson in an...
Protected: NLRB General Counsel Lobbies for Funding for Agency
Student Loan Forgiveness
The Biden Administration is revisiting its first term to-do list and is checking off more and more each day. In August, they announced they would be canceling up to $10,000 in student loan debt for those earning less than $125,000 a year, or $250,000 for families and...
