Posted by Dave on 03/19/08 at 12:28:54 pm
Categories: Sports Ravings, Labor

This is amazing:

he Red Sox are sitting on the bench, refusing to take the field for today's Red Sox-Blue Jays game, which was slated to begin at 12:05 p.m.

The Sox have threatened not to play this game and not travel to Japan if the team's coaches are not compensated for the trip.

What a great show of solidarity by the Red Sox. I am very, very impressed that they are willing to take a strong stand against poor treatment of their coaching staff and training staff.

UPDATE: It looks like it worked. MLB is now saying that all participants, including coached and other staff, will be fairly compensated.

UPDATE II: And of course... it would be nice to see MLB players taking the same stand of solidarity for the fellow union members who sell beer, hot dogs, nachos, t-shirts, programs, and other crap, as well as those who clean the stadium and take care of the field and usher people and do all of the other things at a baseball stadium.

But I guess this is better than nothing.

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