baseball
Young organizers talk unions with Biden and Bernie at the White House
July 21, 2023Organizing is one thing, young workers said. Getting a contract is another.
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Minor leaguers win pact that shuts out poverty for 5,500 players
April 13, 2023With a 99 percent approval vote the players knock ratification out of the park.
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Speedy organizing drive brings minor-league baseball players into union fold
September 8, 2022It took only one week to bring 90 percent of Little League players into the labor movement.
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Gay baseball star Glenn Burke: What could have been, except for…
June 17, 2022Andrew Maraniss’s superb biography, Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke, gives a full and insightful account of the life of the first openly gay professional baseball player.
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Baseball—and baseball books—are back!
May 24, 2022Now that what used to be called “Our National Pastime” is back, it’s time to look at several recently published books about the game.
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