Major League Baseball Players Union to Join AFL-CIO Ranks (1)

The Major League Baseball Players Association has joined the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest federation of unions.

The move, announced by MLBPA Executive Director Tony Clark Wednesday at a National Press Club event in Washington, D.C., comes after the union announced a campaign to organize minor league players late last month.

“The MLBPA and every single one of its 1,200 players have a home in our movement because this union understands and lives the meaning of the word solidarity by leveraging the power of sports and helping others,” AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said in a statement.

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