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The union board recommended it because they were forced to. Legally, if they were going to bring a deal back with the federal mediator there, they had to bring it back with a yes recommendation.
They had two options:
1. Walk out of negotiations with no deal for it's members to vote on.
2. Walk out of negotiations recommending a "yes vote" to a crappy deal.
They let the memebership decide...and it did. Good move on their part. How would it have looked if they had just walked away from the table, and the members had no say.
Remember...this deal was WORSE then the previous deal offered by Minor League Baseball. Why in the world would umpires go on strike to obtain a worse deal. It's not like the umpires just rejected a fair contract. This one was still just as unfair as the ones in the past...if not more so.
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