The Major League Soccer Players Association has decided to formally affiliate with the AFL-CIO, the country’s largest labor federation and players union announced Thursday.
The MLS Players Association joins six other professional sports unions the AFL-CIO counts as affiliated members. It comes just three weeks after the WNBA Players Association announced they would join the federation and five months after the Major League Baseball Players Association did the same.
The addition of soccer players leaves just National Hockey League players and the National Basketball Association as the two major professional sports unions outside of the federation.
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