Why Minor-League Baseball Needs to Organize

Why Minor-League Baseball Needs to Organize

Why Minor-League Baseball Needs to Organize

Bill Fletcher joins the show to talk minor-league baseball and the issues its players face.

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This week we speak to longtime labor organizer, writer, and former head of TransAfrica Bill Fletcher about why the time is now for minor-league baseball players to form a union. We also have Choice Words about the collision of the #blacklivesmatter movement and basketball in Sacramento, a Just Stand Up and Sit Yo Ass Down award to the Notre Dame Women’s Basketball team and NCAA President Mark Emmert respectively, Kaepernick Watch, and more!

Bill Fletcher
Twitter: @billfletcherjr

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