Due to the union chief Richie Phillipsâ ill-advised ploy to use mass resignations to force the owners into a new collective bargaining agreement, twenty-two of baseballâs regular 68 umpires find themselves unemployed. In a deal mediated by U.S. District Judge J. Curtis Joyner, the Umpires Association agrees to a deal, costing those members their jobs, but allows for an arbitration proceeding that could permit some of the displaced umps back into the game at some point.
Due to the union chief Richie Phillipsâ ill-advised ploy to use mass resignations to force the owners into a new collective bargaining agreement, twenty-two of baseballâs regular 68 umpires find themselves unemployed. In a deal mediated by U.S. District Judge J. Curtis Joyner, the Umpires Association agrees to a deal, costing those members their jobs, but allows for an arbitration proceeding that could permit some of the displaced umps back into the game at some point.
