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SPORTS Diamars 30 augustus 2022

MLB players' association trying to unionize Wu makes Chinese

minor leaguers history with US Open win

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open
tennis tournament (all times local):

Wu Yibing has become the first Chinese man to win a
U.S. Open match in the professional era.

Wu upset No. 31 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3, 6-4,
6-0. He had played his way into the field through the
qualifying tournament, joining countryman and fellow
NEW YORK (AP) — The union to file a petition to the A. For players on option, the qualifier Zhang Zhizhen as the first Chinese men in the
Major League Baseball National Labor Relations minimum is $57,200 per sea- U.S. Open main draw since the open era began in 1968.
Players Association is at- Board asking for an union son for a first big league con- Wu won the 2017 U.S. Open boys singles and doubles
tempting to unionize mi- authorization election. MLB tract and $114,100 for later titles.
nor leaguers, reversing de- also could voluntarily recog- big league contracts. Zhang lost to Tim van Rijthoven in five sets.
cades of opposition. nize the union representing In addition, MLB this year
the bargaining unit, a pro- began requiring teams to
The players' association said cess that typically can occur provide housing for most Andy Murray has reached the second round of the U.S.
Monday it is circulating if a majority of the unit signs minor leaguers. Open with one of the first upsets of the tournament.
union authorization cards cards. Murray beat No. 24 seed Francisco Cerundolo of Ar-
among players with minor Prodded by the minor league gentina 7-5, 6-3, 6-3. Murray won the first of his three
league contracts to form a The staff of Advocates for advocacy group, leaders of Grand Slam titles 10 years ago in Flushing Meadows.
separate bargaining unit from Minor Leaguers, which the Senate Judiciary Com- No. 16 seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain was another
the big leaguers. formed two years ago, quit mittee said last month they seeded loser, beat in straight sets by American J.J. Wolf.
and will work for the MLB- planned a hearing on the Third-seeded Maria Sakkari and No. 17 Caroline Gar-
While the average major PA. The union gave the mi- sport's antitrust exemption. cia were among the early winners on the women's side.
league salary is above $4 nor league group $50,000 last
million, players with minor November. The big league union had
league contracts earn as little long declined to represent A small group of demonstrators chanting "Novak!
as $400 a week during the "This generation of minor minor leaguers. Novak!" outside the entrance of the U.S. Open urged
six-month season. league players has demon- an end of the vaccine travel mandate that kept Novak
strated an unprecedented Unionizing could limit the Djokovic from competing in this year's tournament.
"Minor leaguers represent ability to address work- minor leaguers' ability in fu-
our game's future and de- place issues with a collective ture lawsuits. The Supreme Djokovic, who is from Serbia, was not able to travel
serve wages and working voice," Harry Marino, the ex- Court ruled in the 1996 case to the U.S. because he is not vaccinated against COV-
conditions that befit elite ath- ecutive director of Advocates Brown v. Pro Football Inc. ID-19. He was able to compete during the previous two
letes who entertain millions for Minor Leaguers, said in a that unionized industries are U.S. Opens held during the pandemic, but the current
of baseball fans nationwide," statement. "Joining with the exempt from antitrust chal- vaccine requirement began last Nov. 8.
players' association executive most powerful union in pro- lenges.
director Tony Clark said in fessional sports assures that Members of Families are Essential and Children's
a statement. "They're an im- this voice is heard where it The players' association ne- Health Defense & Teachers for Choice were among the
portant part of our fraternity matters most — at the bar- gotiated its first collective demonstrators, standing behind signs that read "End
and we want to help them gaining table." bargaining agreement in The Travel Mandate Now!"
achieve their goals both on 1966 and has gone through
and off the field." Players with major league nine work stoppages, the lat-
contracts, of which there are est a 99-day lockout that de-
The union's executive board approximately 1,200, are rep- layed the start of this season.
unanimously approved the resented by the union, which
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terms for those on option to agreed this year to a $185 mil-
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Clark was not available to re- the minor leagues. lion settlement of an 8-year- us on
spond to questions, spokes- old federal lawsuit alleging
man Chris Dahl said. MLB raised weekly mini- violations of minimum wage
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