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Tee,
This actually is not the first contract AMLU is bargaining for. This is their second. During the first contract, signed just after NLRB recognized them as a union in their field, there wasn't much haggling about salaries. As I understand, the additions they wanted were fairly minor. These included increased per diems, single motel rooms for umpires at Long-A and above, and the courtesy of flying them home for the dead period between spring training and the start of their league season. There may have been more but those are things I remember. That contract was signed 3-4 years ago to the best of my memory.
Prior to that there was no bargaining ability for MiLB umpires so the salary and benefits was whatever NAPBL said it would be.
Lawrence
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