Major League Baseball Players Association

MLBPA
Major League Baseball Players Association
Founded1966; 58 years ago (1966)[1]
HeadquartersTower 49, New York, NY
Location
Members
1,200 (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 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]

The MLBPA primarily serves as a collective bargaining representative for all Major League Baseball players, as well as playing significant roles in MLB-related business and nonprofit affairs.

On August 28, 2022, the MLBPA publicly launched a campaign to help Minor League Baseball players unionize. On September 9, 2022, MLB voluntarily recognized the MLBPA as the union for over 5,500 minor league baseball players playing rookie ball to Triple-A.[6]

  1. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions: 'When was the MLBPA created?'". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  2. ^ https://www.mlbplayers.com/ [bare URL]
  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.