Commentary: A reform of the National Labor Relations Act is needed to save the struggling game of baseball
In August 1994, the Major League Baseball Players Association went on strike, anticipating the union’s ability to gain an advantage because of employers’ dependence upon postseason revenues. The playoffs were only six weeks away, and the timing of the strike arguably meant that owners would have more of an incentive to agree to union terms. The strategy misfired as the owners responded by ...
In August 1994, the Major League Baseball Players Association went on strike, anticipating the union’s ability to gain an advantage because of employers’ dependence upon postseason revenues.
The playoffs were only six weeks away, and the timing of the strike arguably meant that owners would have more of an incentive to agree to union terms. The strategy misfired as the owners responded by canceling the World Series, the first cancellation since 1904.
The game was then plagued with a quarter of a century of strikes, lockouts and arbitration disputes in which the owners
