Details on baseball’s new labor agreement

Here is a joint news release on the new collective bargaining agreement in baseball

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - December 2, 2016

MLB, MLBPA ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF NEW LABOR AGREEMENT

Parties Maintain Streak of More Than Two Decades Without a Work Stoppage

Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) today jointly issued details of the tentative new five-year labor agreement that will allow play to continue uninterrupted through the 2021 season. The parties agreed to the terms of the pact, which is subject to ratification by both sides, on Wednesday, November 30th, prior to the December 1st expiration of the collective bargaining agreement.

The five-year…