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ProfessorGAC

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4. Using This As A Reference?

Reply to duforsure (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 21, 2020, 08:14 PM

Apr 2020

A guild of independent contractors taking a cut because of lost live revenue is an analog to the greater union movement?
I have a hard time making that comparison.
Most union workers today are doing work still labeled essential. The associated companies are still operating, so there's minimal financial impact.
Union busting would be as tone deaf as the players' association is being. Companies have PR people, too.
While I agree that Rs and the conservative donors would love to bury the union movement, I don't think holding these cuts up as a harbinger is useful.

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MLB players say pay shouldn't be cut if empty ballparks [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 2020 OP

Expect pay cuts and attacks against all unions soon duforsure Apr 2020 #1

Using This As A Reference? ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #4

Whatever both sides signed off on stays underpants Apr 2020 #2

So ... if there are no games do they get paid? rustysgurl Apr 2020 #3