Word: picketer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Crossing a picket line can indeed be morally repugnant. But this baseball strike wasn't exactly Matewan, not when the players, who average more than $1 million a year, weren't even willing to man their own picket lines. Ostensibly, the players were worried about security, but more probably, they were worried about having to sign a lot of autographs. Disdain for the public is one thing the owners and players have in common...
...money here is that around mid-May, the players will start crossing the picket line, and like the NFL in 1987, a new collective bargaining agreement to the owner's liking--i.e. one with a meaningful salary cap--will be crafted. The owners will then claim that the new agreement will allow small market teams--who supposedly, in the present system, cannot afford to pay top players--to compete with big market teams...
...idea of settling down, having a couple of kids and living in a house with a white picket fence is long gone...
...will decide whether to add the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Arizona Diamondbacks to the major league roster. Phoenix Mayor Skip Rimsza told TIME Daily the strike has not dampened the excitement in his city. "It's not over till it's over," said Rimsza. Back on the picket line, the National Labor Relations Board tomorrow is expected to validate an unfair labor practice charge filed by the players. If so, the owners very well may lock them...
...take the field on opening day, April 2. Even if the strike were to end soon, players would need extra time to negotiate contracts and practice. But Wulf does not think all hope is lost. He says although some "hard line" owners are waiting for players to cross the picket line once the season begins, "conciliatory" owners want to resolve the strike as soon as possible...