Labor Relations in Major League Baseball

Authors

Andrew Zimbalist, Smith CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2003

Publication Title

Journal of Sports Economics

Abstract

This article explores some of the roots and processes of the contentiousness surrounding baseball labor relations, assesses the new collective bargaining agreement, and examines the history of negotiations that contributed to its structure. The author offers explanations why the 2002 labor agreement is not efficiently structured to achieve its professed goals and argues that the perceived tensions that afflicted the industry in 2002 are not likely to disappear by 2007, when more substantive changes will need to be made in order to avoid another confrontation between labor and management.

Keywords

collective bargaining agreement, competitive balance, labor relations, luxury tax, major league baseball, revenue sharing

Volume

4

Issue

4

First Page

332

Last Page

355

DOI

10.1177/1527002503257388

ISSN

15270025

Rights

© 2003 Sage Publications

Comments

Archived as published. Open access paper.

Recommended Citation

Zimbalist, Andrew, "Labor Relations in Major League Baseball" (2003). Economics: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/eco_facpubs/46