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Durbin Introduces Fair Ball Act To Shore Up Labor Protections For Minor League Baseball Players
November 20, 2024
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release:

Legislation would roll back law exemptions enabling Major League Baseball to skirt federal wage and hour laws at the expense of unionized minor league players

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced the Fair Ball Act, which would roll back the current broad exemption from federal wage and hour laws for Minor League Baseball p . . .

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