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Minor league unionization getting interest from players

FILE - Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark answers a question at a press conference in New York, Friday, March 11, 2022. Major League Baseball Players Association head Tony Clark is confident that at least 30% of minor league players will sign recently distributed union authorization cards in the coming days and weeks, paving the way for thousands more players to potentially join the organization. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

FILE - Tampa Tarpons manager Rachel Balkovec, center, exchanges fist bumps with her players, while making her debut as a minor league manager of the Tarpons, a Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, before a baseball game against the Lakeland Flying Tigers, Friday, April 8, 2022, in Lakeland, Fla. Players on the Single-A Tampa Tarpons have been talking individually about efforts to unionize minor league players and the idea is gaining momentum. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Minor league unionization getting interest from players