Getting On Base: unionism in baseball - Softcover

Wollett, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595504124 ISBN 13: 9780595504121

Publisher: iUniverse, 2008

Synopsis

For those who believe in collective bargaining and who share the author's passion for baseball in a complicated world, Getting On Base captures the author's love of baseball , once sharedwith his father, a minor league second basemanplaying in Peoria, Illinois. The labor lawyer/arbitratorand former teacher of constitutional law argues that what happens to minor leaguers is not fair.It's time for a new union to step up to the plate andchallenge the MLBPA and major league owners.

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Synopsis

In a complicated world, attorney Don Wollett has a simple belief in fairness. Getting On Base captures the author's love of baseball, once shared with his father, a minor league second baseman playing in Peoria, Illinois. The labor lawyer/arbitrator and former teacher of constitutional law draws on over 40 years of settling disputes in the workplace to argue that what has happened to minor leaguers is not fair. It's time for a new union to step up to the plate and challenge the MLBPA and major league owners. Don Wollett nailed it! Terry Jensen, union attorney

About the Author

Don Wollett has 50 years legal experience in constitutional law, negotiations, and arbitration. He is a past director of the Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Foundation and served as Chief Negotiator and Director of Employee Relations for New York State. Washington State, he is working on his memoirs.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595504124
• ISBN 13: 9780595504121
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156