Major League Baseball and the Trump Administration’s Common Approach to Labor Issues

Government Executive: A recent report on one way that professional baseball teams have sought to slow the growth of player salaries on a systematic basis has marked similarities to a Trump administration initiative to consolidate federal agencies’ approach to collective bargaining negotiations, experts said.

Over the last several months, there has been much debate and prognostication about whether teams are working to artificially squeeze free agents and pending free agents into accepting below-market contracts.

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