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MLB Plan Seeks To Splinter Players Union With Pay Cuts Aimed At Highest-Paid

The inherent advantage that Major League Baseball has in any labor battle is that players’ salaries are public and…

Jesse Spector

5/26/20 10:15PM

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Chicago's Strike Is For The Children

CHICAGO, Ill. — By Monday, you could tell it was coming. It had been building for months, of course, but by 2:00…

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Barstool Sports Employees Organize To Smooch Their Boss's Ass

Prompted by The Ringer’s unionization, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, whose site uses the tagline “By the…

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What Does Bill Simmons Think Of The Ringer Union? [Update]

The editorial staff of The Ringer announced this morning that they have formed a union with the WGA East. In their…

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USMNT Rips U.S. Soccer's "False Accounting" And Odd Claims About Equal Pay

Last night, U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro dropped a letter and accompanying fact sheet supporting a claim…

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When Ted Lindsay Fought, Everybody Won

Before Game 3 of the 1956 NHL semifinals between Detroit and Toronto, an unhinged Maple Leafs fan phoned the hotel…

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Olympic Athletes Are Trying To Get A Seat At The Bargaining Table

Athlete representatives in the U.S. Olympic movement recently met in the basement of an airport hotel in Chicago to…

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Veteran Fighter Leslie Smith Says UFC Cut Her Because Of Her Union Organizing Efforts

Pro MMA veteran Leslie Smith was supposed to fight on last weekend’s UFC Fight Night card, but her bout with Aspen…

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SB Nation Laid Off Their Copy Editors

Citing the failure of its social video efforts, Vox Media laid off about 50 people yesterday, mostly from Racked, Cur…

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Golf Channel Limits Coverage, Lowers Quality After Technicians Go On Strike

The Golf Channel’s technicians went on strike today after disagreements over their contracts remain unresolved after…

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North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper Is In A Bit Of A Pickle

It’s a story almost perfectly crafted to drown in the current news stream. A group of North Carolina…

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Employees Accused Arizona Coyotes Of Union Busting, Failure To Pay Staff [Updated]

The Arizona Republic uncovered federal records showing that the Arizona Coyotes have been the subject of two…

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Cornell Would Like To Share Some Extremely Unbiased Information About Evil Unions

Today, thousands of graduate students at Cornell University will vote on whether or not to form a union.…

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Hector Figueroa Wants To Make The Democrats Fight Back

There is one reason why building workers in New York City can make a living wage: the Service Employees…

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Thrillist Employees Vote Overwhelmingly To Unionize

For the past several weeks, employees at the media company Thrillist have been subject to an anti-union campaign…

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The Dismal Thrillist Anti-Union Campaign

Successful union campaigns have flourished across the digital media industry over the past year and a half. Few have…

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Yale Shocker: Cosseted Ivy League Deans Hate Scrappy Union Upstarts

Today, more than 300 grad student workers at Yale will vote on whether or not they want to unionize. You may be…

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Time For Unions To Figure Out The Internet

Since the Reagan era, wages have stagnated, unions have declined, and average workers have lost power. If we want…

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National "Right to Work" Law Would Be The Union Apocalypse

There is no doubt that Donald Trump’s presidency will be bad for the average worker. But one law would be worse than…

Hamilton Nolan

1/31/17 5:40PM

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MLB Plan Seeks To Splinter Players Union With Pay Cuts Aimed At Highest-Paid

Chicago's Strike Is For The Children

Barstool Sports Employees Organize To Smooch Their Boss's Ass

What Does Bill Simmons Think Of The Ringer Union? [Update]

USMNT Rips U.S. Soccer's "False Accounting" And Odd Claims About Equal Pay

When Ted Lindsay Fought, Everybody Won

Olympic Athletes Are Trying To Get A Seat At The Bargaining Table

Veteran Fighter Leslie Smith Says UFC Cut Her Because Of Her Union Organizing Efforts

SB Nation Laid Off Their Copy Editors

Golf Channel Limits Coverage, Lowers Quality After Technicians Go On Strike

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper Is In A Bit Of A Pickle

Employees Accused Arizona Coyotes Of Union Busting, Failure To Pay Staff [Updated]

Cornell Would Like To Share Some Extremely Unbiased Information About Evil Unions

Hector Figueroa Wants To Make The Democrats Fight Back

Thrillist Employees Vote Overwhelmingly To Unionize

The Dismal Thrillist Anti-Union Campaign

Yale Shocker: Cosseted Ivy League Deans Hate Scrappy Union Upstarts

Time For Unions To Figure Out The Internet

National "Right to Work" Law Would Be The Union Apocalypse