Major League Baseball Players Association

MLBPA
Major League Baseball Players Association
Founded1966 (1966)[1]
HeadquartersTower 49, New York, NY
Location
Members1,200 (Major League)
5,500 (Minor League)
Key people
AffiliationsAFL-CIO
Websitemlbplayers.com

The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) is the labor union representing all current Major League Baseball (MLB) and Minor League Baseball (MiLB) players.[2] All players, managers, coaches, and athletic trainers who hold or have held a signed contract with a Major League club are eligible for membership in the Association.[3][4] The MLBPA has three major divisions: a labor union, a business (Players Choice Group Licensing Program), and a charitable foundation (Major League Baseball Players Trust).[5]

On August 28, 2022, the MLBPA publicly launched a campaign to help MiLB players unionize. On September 9, 2022, MLB voluntarily recognized the MLBPA as the union for over 5,500 MiLB players playing rookie level to Triple-A.[6]

  1. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions: 'When was the MLBPA created?'". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  2. ^ "Home". MLBPA Players. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  3. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions: 'Who is eligible for membership?'". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  4. ^ Gary M. Fink, ed. Labor unions (Greenwood, 1977) pp. 30–32.
  5. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions: 'What does the MLBPA do?'". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  6. ^ "MLB to voluntarily recognize minor league players' unionization with MLBPA". ESPN. September 9, 2022.

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