UNITED STATES.-The Big leagues and the Players Association of the MLB They will meet this Thursday afternoon for the first time since Dec. 1 to discuss some core economic issues and competitive equilibrium issues in a video conference, USA TODAY reported, citing sources.
The MLB approached the union to set up the call on Tuesday morning after spending the last few weeks working on a new set of proposals for a new collective bargaining agreement in hopes of reaching an agreement that would not delay the start of training for the spring, scheduled to begin February 16.
Not expected MLB Address free agency or salary arbitration in your proposals, but will discuss other ways to discourage inter-team tankage, including removing draft pick compensation for teams signing free agents.
Major League Baseball has offered to raise the minimum wage from $ 570,500 to $ 600,000, which would rise to $ 650,000 and $ 700,000 upon completion of the CBA.
The union is seeking to increase the competitive balancing tax on payroll from US $ 210 million to US $ 245 million, while the owners have offered an increase to US $ 214 million from the beginning.
The last time the two sides met on core economic issues, their meeting lasted just seven minutes on December 1, before MLB will implement a lockout about 12 hours later at 12:01 on December 2.
