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Summary: Labor Relations In Major League Baseball
As can be seen labor relations in the Major League Baseball has evolved tremendously. Once scared by consecutive work stoppages, the Major League Baseball Association recently completed yet another peaceful bargaining agreement. Without a doubt this cohesive relationship between club owners and unions was not always peaceful and was learned through hard financial consequences. Although management and unions may not share the same outlooks at all times, they both share common grounds to create a trusting environment for their players giving the past history of anti-trust laws, salary caps, luxury taxes and critical issues facing drug testing for illegal performance enhancing substances.
Meanwhile, the National Football League is battling financial
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