Minor League Umps affiliate with OPEIU

[SAump]

No representation prior to 2000.
Strike in 2006.
Affiliate of o-pooh (AFL-CIO) in 2010
There is a 10 year hole in the article.
So-so.

Originally Posted by johnnyg08
Professional Minor League Umpires Vote Overwhelmingly to Affiliate with OPEIU

Minor league umpires also work regularly in Major League Baseball, filling in for sick, injured or vacationing full-time umpires. More than 1,300 regular season MLB games had at least one AMLU member on the field in the 2009 season. In addition, all MLB umpires are recruited from the minor league system.

Don't "those" guys belong to WUA?

[kylejt]

The only reason umpires get paid so little is that there are so many willing to do it. It's simple supply and demand.

Honestly, who is working instructional league ball, living in Super 8s, and eating road food with nearly no hope of making a decent living? These aren't the brightest cats around.

So do they really think if they walk a picket line outside the Lansing Lugnuts Stadium that their "brothers" won't cross it? Really? Come on now, everyone hates umpires. And you get a shot at getting back at one? Hell, Jimmy Hoffa is going to reappear and cross that line.

Interesting move, though. Aligning yourselves with janitors.