"Kuphatikizana kwa kusakhulupirira, komanso kusaganizira kwambiri," adatero Fletcher. "Ndizitenga ngati, ndikuganiza, 'Bill ali ndi nthawi yochuluka m'manja mwake, ichi ndi chosangalatsa,' kapena chinachake chonga icho."
Pantchito yake yamasiku ano, Fletcher amathandizira mabungwe osiyanasiyana osapindula, ogwira ntchito komanso ammudzi kukula. M'mbuyomu anali purezidenti wa TransAfrica Forum, ndipo zisanachitike, wokonda Mets. Koma mwa kuvomereza kwake, anali woipitsitsa kuposa wosewera mpira wa Little League, ndipo pamapeto pake anasiya kumvetsera kwambiri baseball.
Msonkhano wa AFL-CIO ku Milwaukee mu 2000 unatsitsimutsanso chidwi chake. Nthawi ina wogwira ntchito wamkulu pagulu la mabungwe akuluakulu, Fletcher adatenga magazini yandege, yomwe inali ndi kachidutswa ka Curt Flood. Fletcher anali atayiwala za ndewu yachigumula ya Chigumula yolimbana ndi gawo losungira, chilankhulo chomwe chimaletsa osewera kusaina ndi timu ina.
"Apa ndipamene ndinayambanso kukonda baseball," adatero Fletcher, "ndipo zinali chifukwa cha chikhalidwe cha anthu, chilungamo cha anthu."
Zaka zambiri pambuyo pake, mu 2016, mkazi wa Fletcher, Candice Cason, adawerenga nkhani ya Washington Post yokhudza zovuta za osewera ang'onoang'ono a baseball pamutu wakuti, "Osewera ang'onoang'ono a baseball amatsata maloto awo pansi pa umphawi."
Mmodzi mwa omwe adawonetsedwa pachidutswachi anali wosewera mu San Francisco Giants's system, Matt Paré, yemwe adasonkhanitsa mndandanda wa YouTube pamasewera ang'onoang'ono otchedwa "Homeless Minor Leaguer". Paré anali kugona m’chipinda chodyera kuti achepetse ndalama kwa iye ndi anzake a m’timu, ndipo anali atasonkhanitsa mulu wa ngongole ya kirediti kadi. Cason adapereka nkhaniyi kwa mwamuna wake.
“Bill,” iye anati, “anthu awa akusowa mgwirizano.”
Pamene adawerenga yekha nkhaniyi, Fletcher adawona kuti zomwe osewera ang'onoang'ono amakumana nazo zinali zovuta. Kuti, kwenikweni, osewera anali kukhala ndi moyo wokumbutsa anthu ogwira ntchito zaulimi.
"Malipiro osaneneka, kuopsa kwa kukhalapo kwawo, kuti kunalibe nyumba," adatero Fletcher. “Osati kwenikweni kukhala ndi ndalama zokwanira kulipirira chakudya.”
Wosewera wina wa San Francisco Giants, Garrett Broshuis, adatchulidwanso m'nkhaniyi. Broshuis adamaliza kusewera ndipo adakhala loya. Zaka zingapo m'mbuyomo, adasumira m'malo mwa osewera ang'onoang'ono, ponena kuti MLB ndi magulu ake adaphwanya malamulo aboma komanso aboma.
Mwamsanga, Fletcher, adaganiza zofikira ku Broshuis. Yankho linabweranso tsiku limodzi.
Chiwongolero chamgwirizano watsopano wa osewera mpira wachinyamata wa ligi ndi cha osewera masauzande ambiri. Koma atsogoleri amafunikiranso, ndipo kupitilira Fletcher adayima osewera atatu akale.
Bungwe la Major League Baseball Players Association ndi mkulu wake, Tony Clark, adalandira osewera ang'onoang'ono mumgwirizano waukulu wa ligi, kupereka chitsogozo ndi ndalama zisanachitike. Harry Marino, wosewera yemwe adakhala loya yemwe adakhala wamkulu wa bungwe lopanda phindu la Advocates for Minor Leaguers, adatsogolera gulu loyimba lomwe lidasokoneza kufalikira kwa osewera ndi zipani zandale komanso pagulu. Ndipo Broshuis, yemwenso adakhala loya, adapeza kuti zopanda phindu, zomwe zidatsogolera ntchito yokonzekera yomwe palibe gulu lomwe lidachitapo kale.
Broshuis amadziona kuti ndi "wosavomerezeka."
Kuchokera ku tauni yaing'ono kum'mwera kwa Missouri, sankadziwa maloya ambiri, makamaka oimira anthu ogwira ntchito. Makolo ake onse sanapite ku koleji. Bambo ake, amakanika komanso dalaivala yemwe ankagwira ntchito pa mawilo 18 ndi makina a Caterpillar, anali m'mabungwe osiyanasiyana, koma palibe chilichonse chokhudza Broshuis chomwe chinaleredwa kuti atsogolere gulu la anthu ogwira ntchito.
Wodziwika bwino kusukulu komanso ngati mbiya, Broshuis adalembedwa ndi Giants mu 2004, ndipo adayamba kulemba za zomwe adakumana nazo ngati wosewera wa The Sporting News. Panthawiyo, zinali zachilendo kwa atolankhani, osadandaula osewera kapena wina aliyense wokhudzidwa mwachindunji ndi ana, kulankhula za malipiro, kapena zovuta zomwe osewera anali nazo kupeza nyumba. Ana aang'onowo ankatengedwa ngati malo ochitira umboni, nsembe yofunikira pa masewerawo.
Chimene Broshuis ananyamula kuyambira ali wamng'ono, chophunzitsidwa ndi makolo ake, chinali lingaliro lachilungamo, ndi kufunitsitsa kumamatira kwa omwe ankachitiridwa nkhanza. Posewera achichepere, adazindikira mwachangu kuti "zinthu sizinali kuchitidwa moyenera."
Komabe, pamene anayamba kufotokoza zimene zinam’chitikira pagulu, anagwira m’njira yocheperapo.
"Otsutsa nthawi zambiri amagwiritsa ntchito nthabwala poyambirira, chifukwa mumatha kuchita nthabwala nthawi zambiri," adatero. "Sindinganene kuti ndakonda kwambiri zomwe ndimalemba, koma sindinafotokoze momveka bwino momwe ndikanakhalira. Izi zili choncho chifukwa Zimphona zinanditumizira imelo munkhani iliyonse ndisanatumize ku Sporting News kuti ivomerezedwe chaka choyamba. Koma m’kupita kwa nthawi ndinayamba kulankhula momasuka.”
Monga wophunzira kusukulu, Broshuis adaphunzira za psychology, ndipo adadziwa kuti akufuna kuchita nawo maphunziro omaliza. Anadziwa kuti sizingatheke kupanga magulu akuluakulu. Koma adazindikira kuti sanafune kuthera nthawi yake mu labotale, ndipo adafunafuna zambiri zachangu.
Broshuis sangakumbukire yemwe adapereka buku la malemu Don Wollett kwa iye, koma Broshuis adachitapo kanthu mu 2009, chaka chake chomaliza ngati wosewera. Loya wanthawi yayitali, Wollett adafalitsa buku lalifupi, "Getting on Base: Unionism in baseball," lomwe lidapereka mlandu wa mgwirizano wamagulu ang'onoang'ono.
Nyongolosi yopita ku sukulu ya zamalamulo inakula. Lingaliro loyambitsa mgwirizano linateronso.
"Ndisanawerenge bukulo, nthawi zonse zinkangowoneka ngati zongopeka kuchita zinthu ngati izi," adatero Broshuis. "Ndinayamba kulankhula ndi anzanga, kulankhula ndi aliyense amene angamvetsere, kwenikweni. …Sizinapite kulikonse. Sindikuganiza kuti osewera anali okonzeka panthawiyo, ndipo sindinali munthu woyenera panthawiyo. "
Ngakhale Broshuis anali mtsogoleri wa timu ngati wosewera mpira, anali asanakhale mtundu wogwedeza bwato.
Iye anati: “Kusokonezeka kumene sikumangobwera mwachibadwa. “Anthu amachita ngati ndikufuna kunena za kufalitsa mliri kapena zina. Panali anthu amene ankaganiza kuti n’zopenga kwambiri kuganiza za maganizo amenewa.”
Ku clubhouse, pokwera mabasi komanso poyeserera kumenya, Broshuis adalankhula ndi osewera nawo za malipiro, momwe chinayenera kuchitikira. Anapeza makutu achifundo. Koma macheza atayamba kuchitapo kanthu, palibe amene amafuna kukhala woyamba kuwoloka mzerewo.
Pamene adalumikizana mu 2016, Broshuis ndi Fletcher nthawi yomweyo adayamba kulingalira za kuthekera, ndipo adakonda lingaliro lokonzekera mgwirizano wokhazikika. Koma njira ingakhale yotsetsereka.
"Mukunena za osewera masauzande ambiri omwe afalikira mdziko lonselo," adatero Broshuis. “Pali mantha akulu omwe osewera amakhala nawo okwiyitsa abwana awo. Ndipo palinso chiwongola dzanja chambiri m'makampani. Chotero zinthu zonsezo zinali zopinga kulinganiza zinthu.”
Fletcher adawona njira zitatu: Mgwirizano woyimira osewera akulu, Major League Baseball Players Association, utha kukonza osewera ang'onoang'ono; mgwirizano wosiyana ukhoza kuchita izo; kapena osewera ang'onoang'ono atha kupanga mgwirizano wodziyimira pawokha.
Njira yachitatu idawonedwa ngati yosafunikira kwenikweni, chifukwa nthawi zambiri zimakhala bwino kutengera zomwe zachitika komanso zofunikira za gulu lokhazikitsidwa. MLBPA idawonedwa ngati chisankho chabwino, osati ndi matumba akuya okha, koma chidziwitso chamakampani. Koma awiriwa adadziwa kuti kutsimikizira Players Association kungakhale kovuta. Mgwirizano wamphamvuwu udasankha kuti usayimire osewera ang'onoang'ono kwa theka lazaka, pazifukwa zambiri zomwe Broshuis ndi Fletcher tsopano amayenera kulimbana nazo.
"Lingaliro loti anthu achichepere awa, osadziwa zambiri adzanyoza eni ake, pomwe anali ndi nyenyezi m'maso mwawo kuti apite ku ligi yayikulu - sizingachitike," Marvin Miller, wamkulu woyambitsa wamkulu wa MLBPA, idauza Slate mu 2012.
Mnzake wa Fletcher anali ndi lingaliro: "Bill, ukukumbukira osula zitsulo?"
United Steelworkers, kapena USW mwachidule, anali atalowa kale mu mbiri yamasewera a baseball, chifukwa Miller anali m'modzi mwa mawu otsogola a osula zitsulo. Koma adaleredwa kwa Fletcher tsopano chifukwa cha mbiri yaposachedwa. Mu 2014, mothandizidwa ndi USW, osewera mpira waku koleji ku Northwestern adapempha kuti agwirizane.
“Tinaona kuti tili ndi udindo monga antchito olinganizidwa kuti titukule miyoyo ya ogwira ntchito, ndipo m’lingaliro limenelo, timawona othamanga a m’koleji ameneŵa monga antchito,” anatero Fred Redmond, yemwe tsopano ndi mlembi-msungichuma wa AFL-CIO, yemwe panthaŵiyo anali mkulu- ndi USW.
Khamalo silinakwaniritsidwe, koma Fletcher, yemwe adakhazikika pantchito yogwira ntchito, adalumikizana ndi Redmond ndi USW, yomwe inkayimira kale antchito m'mafakitale ena osati zitsulo.
“Nthaŵi zambiri, anthu amaŵerenga nkhani, ndipo ingawakhudze mtima, koma samachita kalikonse pa izo,” anatero Broshuis. "Ndipo pali kagulu kakang'ono ka anthu omwe amatha kufikira wina ndikufunsa momwe angathandizire. Ndipo pali gulu laling'ono kwambiri la anthu omwe amatha kufikira ndikukhala ndi kuthekera kochitapo kanthu. Izi n’zimene zinapangitsa Bill kukhala wapadera.”
Pofika chaka cha 2017, kukambirana ndi ogwira ntchito zitsulo kunali kutayamba. Fletcher adawona kuti mgwirizano wa steelworkers udakondwera kwambiri ndi kuthekera kogwira ntchito ndi osewera ang'onoang'ono, koma chiwopsezo chidayima.
"Panthawi ina, woyang'anira bungwe (USW) adakhazikitsa msonkhano ndi MLBPA, ndipo ine ndi Garrett sitinaphatikizidwe nawo pamsonkhano," adatero Fletcher. "Zotsatira za msonkhano zidawoneka bwino kuti woyang'anira bungwe adatsimikiza kuti palibe chomwe chingapambane popanda MLBPA. Ndipo MLBPA idapereka mayankho amtundu wa pro forma pankhani yokonzekera, ponena kuti, kwenikweni, amachirikiza mgwirizano wa osewera ang'onoang'ono. Koma iwowo sakanachita kalikonse pokhapokha ngati osewera ang'onoang'ono atayamba kusuntha. "
Msonkhanowo unaphatikizapo Clark, yemwe anali mlangizi wamkulu wa MLBPA, David Prouty, ndi phungu wamkulu wa ogwira ntchito zachitsulo a Rich Brean, omaliza adatero.
"Iwo anali kulandira mwayi wokhala ndi winawake, koma anali asanakonzekere panthawiyo," adatero Brean ponena za uthenga wa MLBPA. “Aliyense anali wachifundo. ... Sanali okonzeka kulowererapo.”
Redmond wakumbukira kuti panali kukayikira kumbali ya MLBPA mwa zina chifukwa MLBPA ikukonzekera zokambirana za mgwirizano wa ligi yayikulu.
"Zingakhale zovuta kwa iwo kuchita ndikupeza thandizo la osewera awo," adatero Redmond.
Clark adati msonkhano ndi USW ndi umodzi mwama MLBPA angapo mzaka khumi zapitazi ndi mabungwe akunja omwe akufuna kukonza osewera ang'onoang'ono. Mafunso angabwere, monga ngati zinali zomveka kulinganiza mlingo umodzi wa ana, kunena kuti Triple A, kapena kulinganiza gulu lonse. Palibe ntchito yomwe idafika patali, komabe.
"Tinapereka upangiri ndi luntha," adatero Clark. "Tsopano, lingaliro lakuti izi sizichitika pokhapokha MLBPA itakhudzidwa, silinanenedwe momveka bwino. Chomwe chinaimiridwa chinali chakuti, momwe tingathandizire zoyesayesazo, titero. ”
Broshuis ndi Fletcher anasamuka kuchoka kwa ogwira ntchito zachitsulo, kufika ku Transport Workers Union, komanso Jobs With Justice, mgwirizano wa mabungwe ndi magulu a anthu. Jobs With Justice idayamba kulumikizana ndi osewera, koma analibe zida zokonzekera kampeni yonse.
"Iwo ankafuna kuyesa madzi, chifukwa ndiye kuti akhoza kutsutsana ndi mabungwe ena (omwe adagwira nawo ntchito)," adatero Fletcher.
Mochulukirachulukira, sizinawoneke ngati mgwirizano uliwonse wakunja ukanayambitsa chifukwa.
"Panali magulu ambiri achifundo," adatero Broshuis. "Koma aliyense amangonena zomwezi: ngati mukufunadi kuti izi zichitike, ndiye kuti MLBPA iyenera kutengapo mbali."
Kwa nthawi ndithu, Fletcher ndi Broshuis ankagwira ntchito limodzi ndi gulu lina lomwe likufuna kuthandiza osewera ang'onoang'ono, koma anali ofunitsitsa kuti asakhale ndi adani ochepa. Awiriwo amakayikira kuti njira yotereyi ingakhale yothandiza.
"Ankafuna kufikira MLB, ndikupanga mgwirizano ndi MLB, kuchita zinthu monga kugulira zida za osewera," adatero Fletcher. Pezani chakudya, nyumba, zinthu zotere. Ndipo ine ndi Garrett tinati, 'Tawonani, zonse zili bwino, koma MLB ilibe chidwi chogwirizana. Imeneyo ndiyo mapeto ake.' Koma sitinathe kuwatsimikizira (iwo). Ndipotu, ubwenzi wathu unali wovuta kwambiri.”
Panalibe mphindi pamene Fletcher adamva kuti ali wokonzeka kusiya. Koma panali ena pamene iye ankangoganiza kachiwiri. Mmodzi wa gulu lina adauza Fletcher "kuti osewera amawopa ine ndi Garrett," adatero Fletcher.
"Ndinakwiya, ndiyenera kukuuzani," adatero Fletcher.
Osati kwa osewera omwe mwina adamva choncho, koma ndi gulu lina lopanda chidwi.
“Chifukwa chakuti ndinalingalira kuti, ‘Kodi udziŵa zimene zimaloŵetsedwa m’kulinganiza zinthu?’” iye anapitiriza motero. "Pafupifupi nthawi zonse zomwe si za mgwirizano, mukamakonzekera, pamakhala mantha omwe antchito amakhala nawo pobwezera. Palibe chatsopano pa izi, ndipo palibe chapadera pamene mukukonzekera osewera ang'onoang'ono a ligi, zikafika pa izo. Padzakhala mantha ndipo inu muzitenga izo mopepuka. Mumangirira poyankha izo. Inu mumamanga kuti mugonjetse izo. Inu musalole izo zikuzizirani inu. Ndipo lingaliro loti, mukudziwa, tiyenera kusewera keke yapatty ndi MLB chifukwa osewera akuopa - bosta. "
Broshuis ndi Fletcher anali ndi chithandizo kwina kulikonse. Mu 2019, pomwe Broshuis amalankhula ndi osewera ngati Matt Paré, ndi Ty Kelly ndi Raul Jacobson, komanso katswiri wazopanga zinthu yemwe amayendetsa bungwe lopanga zopanga, Lisa Raphael, malingaliro anali kupanga kuti osewera anali okonzeka, osachepera forum kuti tigwirizane.
"Panalibe chilichonse chonga chimenecho kwa iwo," adatero Broshuis. "Panalibe njira yoti afotokozere nkhani zawo m'njira yosadziwika kuti atetezedwe. Panalibe njira yoti osewera mpira azilankhulana, kwenikweni, pamavuto omwe akukumana nawo. "
Ngakhale popanda chichirikizo cha bungwe lina, panali njira yoyambira kulinganiza, monga momwe Broshuis ananenera, “ndi ‘o’ pang’ono.”
Tony Clark akukambirana za kayendetsedwe ka mgwirizano wamagulu ang'onoang'ono pamsonkhano wa atolankhani mu Seputembala (Chithunzi cha AP/Jose Luis Magana)
Zochitika zazikulu ziwiri zidapangitsa kuti Advocates for Minor Leaguers akhazikitsidwe ngati osachita phindu mu 2020. Choyambirira, Broshuis adati, chinali "kumenya mbama kwa wosewera mpira aliyense kunja uko."
Lamlungu usiku mu 2018, Broshuis adalandira foni kuchokera kwa mtolankhani wandale. Bili ku Congress, Save America's Pastime Act, inali itangoyikidwa pa phukusi la ndalama zonse, mtolankhaniyo adamuuza. Broshuis ankadziwa za mchitidwe wa SAP, womwe unayambitsidwa ku Congress zaka ziwiri zapitazo, mothandizidwa ndi ofesi ya Commissioner.
Ngakhale dzina lake, ndalamazo sizinali zopindulitsa osewera: Save America's Pastime Act ikanawamasula ku malamulo ochepera amalipiro a federal ndi owonjezera nthawi. Lamuloli likusintha lamulo la federal lomwe latchulidwa pamlandu wa Broshuis ndi kampani yake, Korein Tillery, yomwe inatsutsana ndi Major League Baseball ku 2014. Mlandu umenewo umatchedwa "Senne" mwachidule, pambuyo pa dzina lomaliza la mmodzi mwa otsutsa omwe. adasumira MLB.
"Zawonjezedwa ndi utsogoleri pabilu yowononga ndalama zonse, iyenera kudutsa patatha masiku atatu kuti boma ligwirebe ntchito. Upanga chiyani pa nthawi imeneyo?" Broshuis anatero. "Iyo idakhala nthawi yosangalatsa, chifukwa zidali zonyansa kwambiri, ndipo zinali zowopsa - kunali kunyoza ulemu wa wosewera mpira aliyense, kuganiza kuti MLB ikuganiza kuti sayenera kupatsidwa mwayi wosewera mpira. malipiro ochepa.”
Anthu anali atangotsala pang'ono kuyang'ana ma ligi ang'onoang'ono pazifukwa zina panthawiyi. Mu 2019, Matt Paré adalumikizana ndi Broshuis paulendo wopita ku Iowa, komwe Sen. Bernie Sanders amalankhula motsutsana ndi dongosolo lomwe MLB idapanga lopanga mgwirizano matimu ang'onoang'ono 40, dongosolo lomwe MLB idachita chaka chamawa.
Broshuis, Fletcher ndi osewera omwe anali nawo anali akukonzekera kale kukhazikitsidwa kwa Advocates kwa 2020. Koma mkati mwa chaka chimenecho, nthawi idakwera chifukwa cha chochitika china chachikulu, chowononga, COVID-19. Osewera mu ligi yaying'ono, monga ambiri, adakayikakayika: Kodi pangakhale nyengo? Kodi akanalipidwa? Nanga bwanji za makonzedwe a maphunziro?
"Panalibenso kuyembekezera," adatero Broshuis.
Paré anali ndi mavidiyo, ndipo Ty Kelly anali wolemba bwino. Ma Advocates a Minor Leaguers adalemekeza mauthenga ake okhudzana ndi othamanga otonthoza omwe anali odzipereka kuti achite bwino.
"Sikuti ndi chikhalidwe cha wothamanga kupita kukanena kuti, ndiyenera kukhala ndi moyo wabwino," adatero Paré. “Chifukwa chabwino, ndiye kuti sindiwe wolimba.
“Koma simuyenera kupirira zimenezo kuntchito,” Paré anapitiriza motero. “Zimenezi ndi zimene ndinayenera kuphunzira, ngakhale nditamaliza kusewera. Ndipo gulu la anthu amene anayambitsa Advocates silinafune kuti zimenezi zikhale zofanana ndi m’badwo wotsatira.”
Iwo ankafuna kusintha nkhani ya onse. Panthawi ya mliri, gululi lidapanga zolondolera zomwe matimu amalipira osewera.
"Mutha kuwona magulu omwe sanawone, kuti aliyense athe kuwona magulu omwe akupikisana nawo," adatero Paré. “Timu iyi ikulipira kandalama ndipo timu yathu siikulipira? Chonde, chitani bwino. ”
Tsopano, Advocates sanali bungwe la ogwira ntchito. Monga gulu lopanda phindu, gululi likhoza kusonkhanitsa osewera pamodzi ndikumanga chithandizo ndikugwira ntchito m'malo mwawo, koma sakanatha kukhala woimira gulu lonse la osewera. Ngakhale munjira yomwe adakhalamo, oyimira mlandu sakanatha kutambasula mapiko ake.
"Sitingapindule mokwanira mpaka titapeza antchito angapo," adatero Fletcher. "Chabwino, tinalibe ndalama."
Aliyense wogwira nawo ntchito anali kugwira ntchito mongodzipereka, ndipo ndalama zokhazo zomwe anali nazo poyamba zinachokera kwa opereka ndalama, zosakwana $100,000, pa Broshuis. Anafunikanso zina.
Fletcher anali wamantha. Anali ndi mgwirizano ku Ford Foundation, bungwe lalikulu lachifundo ndi cholinga chochepetsa umphawi ndi chisalungamo. Maziko anali atangokweza maganizo awo pa magulu a ogwira ntchito "monga gawo lofunika kwambiri powonetsetsa kuti ogwira ntchito ali ndi malipiro oyenera, chitetezo choyenera komanso chitetezo choyenera," anatero José García, mkulu wa gulu la Ford Foundation's Future Workers.
Komabe, Fletcher adadziwa kumapeto kwa tsikulo, akupempha kuti athandize othamanga.
"Ndinkachita mantha, kunena zoona, kuti anena, mukudziwa, lingaliro labwino, abwere kwa ife ndi china chofunikira kwambiri," adatero Fletcher.
García anakulira ku Puerto Rico. Ankadziwa nkhani za osewera omwe sanachite bwino, omwe sanalandire chithandizo chokongola chomwe anthu ambiri amachigwirizanitsa ndi masewera olimbitsa thupi. Osewera mpira, mpaka pano, anali asanakhalepo pamwamba pa malingaliro ake, koma adawona mwachangu momwe amakhalira ndi ntchito.
"Timakhulupirira kuti ogwira ntchito onse, mosasamala kanthu za udindo wawo, ali ndi ufulu wofanana kuntchito ndi chitetezo," adatero García. "Ndipo kuti chitetezo cha anthu chiyenera kutsimikiziridwa kwa onse, komanso kuti ogwira ntchito onse ayenera kupanga ndondomeko ndi ndondomeko ya zachuma yomwe imakhudza miyoyo yawo. Titakumana ndi baseball yamasewera ang'onoang'ono, tidawona malipiro ... kupanga osewera ang'onoang'ono pakati pa antchito omwe amalipidwa kwambiri.
"Ndipo pafupifupi 40 peresenti ya iwo ndi Latino. Osewera ambiri amachokera ku Dominican Republic ndi Venezuela ali ndi maloto akulu, ndipo izi ndi zomwe amakumana nazo. Osewera ambiri samamaliza sukulu yasekondale. Akamagwira ntchito, amalandira malipiro ochepa, amanyozedwa, amasamalidwa bwino ndipo satha kugwiritsa ntchito mawu awo kusintha momwe amagwirira ntchito, aliyense payekha komanso gulu, akachoka kudziko lawo. ”
Ford Foundation inali pabwalo. Apereka ndalama zokwana $ 200,000 mu 2021, ndipo wina mu 2022, adatero García.
"Atatiuza kuti ndalama zikudutsa, ndidatsala pang'ono kugwa," adatero Fletcher. Chifukwa, kunena zowona, ndakhala ndikukambitsirana bwino ndi opereka ndalama m'mbuyomu zomwe sizinaphule kanthu koma kugunda pamutu ndikundiuza kuti ndibwerenso chaka chamawa.
Sizinali ndalama zokhazokha zatsopano zomwe Advocates adabwera.
Nthawi yonseyi, utsogoleri wa Advocates unkayembekezera kuti MLBPA itenga nawo mbali. Broshuis ndi Clark adalumikizana apa ndi apo, koma mliriwu udapereka mphamvu yatsopano. League yayikulu idafupikitsidwa, pomwe ma ligi ang'onoang'ono analibe nyengo konse. Osewera akuluakulu, komanso utsogoleri wamgwirizano, adakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kuchuluka kwa osewera ang'onoang'ono.
"Kubwerera mwina zaka zitatu kapena zinayi kale, mwinanso kuposa pamenepo, osewera mu ligi yayikulu anali kufunsa za osewera ang'onoang'ono, Kodi pali zinthu zomwe tingachite kuti tithandizire? Kodi chithandizocho chikuwoneka bwanji?" Clark anatero. "Zokondazo zidayamba, makamaka mu 2020."
Chilimwe chimenecho, dzanja lachifundo la MLBPA, Major League baseball Players Trust, lidapereka $ 1 miliyoni kuti lithandizire osewera ang'onoang'ono. Ndalama zambiri zidapita kwa Advocates mu 2020 ndi 2021, Clark adatero. Clark ndi Broshuis anakana kupereka magawo enieni.
"Ndi izi, tidatha kubweretsa Harry Marino," adatero Fletcher. "Ndipo chinali chimodzi mwazinthu zabwino kwambiri zomwe tikadachita."
Wachidwi komanso wotsogozedwa, Harry Marino anali nyenyezi yomwe ikukwera pamalamulo mu 2020, koma adakumana ndi vuto. Katswiri wakale wa Baltimore Orioles, adafuna kugwira ntchito yodzipereka kwa Advocates kumbali. Koma sakanatha kutero akadali pakampani yake, Williams & Connolly, komwe amagwira ntchito ku Khothi Lalikulu komanso milandu yodandaula.
Mwana wa loya, Marino nthawi zonse amakumbukira matiresi asanu omwe amawawona pansi m'chipinda chimodzi chomwe anzake ankakhala. Iye ankaona kuti n’zosamveka kuti angodutsana n’kufika kuchimbudzi. Chifukwa chake Marino adaganiza zosiya kampani yake komanso malipiro ake abwino. Anafika pamachitidwe omwe amaphatikizapo osewera a baseball, kumulola kugwira ntchito ndi makampani komanso kuthekera kothandizira Othandizira kumbali.
Bwerani 2021, ndi ndalama zatsopano za Advocates kuchokera ku Ford Foundation ndi MLBPA zili m'manja, Broshuis ndi co. ankafunika mtsogoleri wamkulu. Marino anali phungu wangwiro.
"Monga wosewera mpira kale, ankadziwa bwino nkhaniyi," adatero Broshuis. “Iye si loya chabe, koma loya yemwe anali kalaliki wa oweruza a boma ndipo anali kugwira ntchito pakampani ina yazamalamulo. Iye ndi wanzeru monga aliyense. Ndipo amalumikizana bwino, nayenso. ”
Oyimira mlandu anali kulowa mu gawo lake lachiwiri, limodzi ndi njira yaukali kwambiri. Monga momwe Marino ndi Broshuis analili - onse awiri adasandulika maloya - Marino mwina anali wofunitsitsa kupitiriza kukhumudwitsa. Anali ndi dongosolo poyambirira, ndipo linali lofuna kutchuka.
"Zili ngati china chilichonse, mumanga njerwa ndi njerwa kuyambira pamiyala yopanda kanthu," adatero Marino, "kenako mumayimanga m'kupita kwanthawi, ndikuyikulitsa pakapita nthawi."
Ndi chithandizo chochokera ku ganyu ina, msilikali wakale wolankhulana naye Kevin Slack, Marino akanakhala kuti Advocates achite molimba mtima kwambiri pa intaneti. Zoyesayesa zambiri zinali zolunjika pa nkhani inayake: nyumba.
"Maakaunti athu apawailesi yakanema anali odabwitsa, makamaka nkhani ya Twitter idathandiza kwambiri," adatero Marino. "Komanso kulimba mtima kwa osewera kucheza ndi atolankhani ndikulankhula, mosadziwika kapena kutchula dzina, za momwe amagwirira ntchito mwadongosolo komanso mosasinthasintha kwa milungu ndi miyezi."
Pofika kumapeto kwa nyengo ya 2021, MLB idalonjeza kuti mu 2022, ipereka malo okhala kwa osewera ang'onoang'ono. Ngakhale zinali zopanda ungwiro, chinali chigonjetso chachikulu kwa Advocates, kuwonetsa osewera amphamvu atha kulowamo.
Chaka chikanasinthanso. Broshuis adachoka ku Advocates, kuyang'ana pa mlandu wa Senne.
"Chifukwa ndinali ndi ntchito yanga yanthawi zonse monga loya," adatero Broshuis. “Ndipo pakadali pano, tatsala ndi chaka chimodzi kuti kuzengedwa mlandu ndikuzengedwa mlandu. Ndipo nthawi yanga idagwiritsidwa ntchito bwino kuti ndiwonetsetse kuti mlanduwo ukuyenda bwino. ”
Koma mwina sizinali zophweka choncho. MLB idatumiza mafunso osonyeza kuti "pali china chake chosayenera pazomwe timachita (ku Advocates), komanso ubale womwe unali nawo ndi zomwe kalasi lidachita," adatero Fletcher. Anthu omwe adawafotokozera mwachidule za nkhaniyi, omwe sanaloledwe kukambirana pagulu, adati mafunsowo ndi ma subpoena.
Broshuis ndi ofesi ya Commissioner anakana kuyankhapo pamisonkhanoyi. Fletcher adanena kuti palibe mzere wabwino umene Advocates akuyenda monga momwe amachitira ndi mlandu wa Senne.
"Panalibe mgwirizano ndi zomwe kalasiyi idachita," adatero. "M'malo mwake, panali nthawi yomwe, kumayambiriro, ndinamufunsa Garrett ... Kodi tingafikire kalasi zomwe tikuchita?' Ndipo iye anati, Ayi. Iye ananena kuti sangasangalale kuchita zinthu ngati zimenezi. Ndipo anali womveka bwino ... kuti zinthu izi ziyenera kukhala zosiyana. "
Broshuis adanena kuti mwalamulo, sanaganize kuti ayenera kudzichotsa kwa Advocates.
"Koma kunali kulekana kwachilengedwe komwe tinali ndi antchito," adatero. “Aloleni ogwira ntchito akwaniritse ntchito ya Advocates. Kenako ndinasiya, ndikugwiritsa ntchito nthawi yanga yonse komanso kuyesetsa kuti mlanduwo ukhale wabwino. ”
Atafunsidwa ngati akumva kuti MLB idayesapo kumuwopseza, Broshuis adadandaula.
"Limenelo ndi funso lovuta," adatero Broshuis. “Ligi yomwe? Sindikuganiza kuti ndine womasuka kuyankha zimenezo, pepani. Mwina ndidzalemba buku tsiku lina.”
Garrett Broshuis mu 2016 ku St. (Whitney Curtis / The Washington Post kudzera pa Getty Images)
Gawo lachitatu la Advocates, kulinganiza mwadongosolo osewera, lidayamba chakumapeto kwa 2021, nyengo yomaliza. M'chaka chotsatira, Marino amalankhula ndikutumiza mauthenga ndi osewera masauzande ambiri okhudza mgwirizano. Ena m'bungweli, monga Josh Thole yemwe adagwira ligi yayikulu, adalimbikitsanso anthu.
"Zinatenga ntchito yayikulu kuti osewera azicheza, poyambira kudzera pawailesi yakanema, kenako kudzera pamafoni, kuyimba ma Zoom ndi zina," adatero Marino. "Koma m'mene zimawonongera nthawi, zinali zopindulitsa kwambiri ... mumakulitsa maubwenzi."
Marino atafika ku Advocates, adalankhula za kuchita zonse zomwe angathe kuti athandize osewera. "Kupanikizika" atha kukhala mawu ogwira ntchito, ndipo angachokere m'malo osawerengeka: Osati chabe zachikhalidwe kapena zachikhalidwe, koma ndale za boma ndi boma. Angayese kupanga namondwe wangwiro.
Pamene gulu lokonzekera linkayamba, mlandu wa Senne, Broshuis, udafika pamutu, ndipo tsiku lachiweruzo la June 1. MLB inali ndi chilimbikitso chatsopano chopewa kuzenga mlandu pambuyo poti woweruza wa federal anagamula kwambiri mokomera osewera panthawiyi. chiweruzo chachidule.
Kukhazikika kwanthawi yayitali kwa $ 185 miliyoni kudakwaniritsidwa chilimwe, ndipo zidaphatikizanso lonjezo kuti MLB ithana ndi ma contract a osewera ang'onoang'ono mtsogolomo. Zaka zisanu ndi zitatu Broshuis atapereka, Senne anali kupambana kwakukulu kwa osewera.
“Uwu unali mlandu wovuta kwambiri. Amachitcha kuti milandu yovuta pazifukwa, "adatero Broshuis. “Pali zopinga zingapo, kuchita apilo kukhoti lamilandu la apilo ndi dandaulo ku Khoti Lalikulu Kwambiri ku United States. Munali ndi maphwando ambiri omwe adakhudzidwa, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti anthu opitilira 100 asungidwe, komanso mikangano yambiri yomwe idatulukira. ”
Marino ndi Advocates adachita chidwi ndi ma Senator ena amphamvu aku US, nawonso, mamembala a Komiti Yoweruza ya Senate ya US omwe m'nyengo yachilimwe adayamba kukayikira poyera kuti MLB sangakhululukidwe. Marino ndi Advocates adatsutsa kuti kusakhululukidwaku kukusokoneza momwe osewera amagwirira ntchito. MLB sinavomereze, koma maseneta adawopseza kuti amvera ku Capitol Hill za nkhaniyi.
Ngakhale kuti mwayi wina ungakhalepo, nthawi ya zinthuzi inali ndi cholinga.
"Mwachiwonekere mlanduwu, zomwe zikuchitika kunja kwa Advocates," adatero Marino. "Kenako kukakamizidwa ndi atolankhani, kukakamizidwa kwa ndale ndiyeno, kukakamizidwa kwa osewera, zonse zomwe zikuchitika nthawi imodzi zinali zofunika kwambiri poyesera kukwaniritsa cholingacho. Mapeto ake anali akutenthetsa nthawi imodzi, zomwe ndichifukwa chake osewera adamvetsetsa kuti iyi inali nthawi yoyenera kuti asamuke. "
Panali domino imodzi yomwe inali isanagwe: Kodi MLBPA inali yokonzeka, kumapeto kwa chilimwe cha 2022, kutenga osewera ang'onoang'ono?
"Zinthu zingapo zidawonekera," adatero Bill Fletcher Jr. "Chimodzi chinali choti Tony, yemwe ndi wanzeru kwambiri, munthu wakuthwa kwambiri, anali kuthandizira kwambiri mgwirizano wa osewera ang'onoang'ono. Koma ndi wosamala kwambiri. Ndipo amafuna kuwonetsetsa kuti pakhala chithandizo chokwanira mkati mwa MLBPA pakuchita izi. Choncho zinthu zinkayenda pang’onopang’ono, ndipo zinkayenda pang’onopang’ono kusiyana ndi mmene tinkayembekezera.
“Chifukwa tinali titayamba kudwala matenda ashuga. Tinapeza chigonjetso pozungulira nyumbayo, tinali ndi osewera, ang'onoang'ono ndi akuluakulu, omwe anali kuvala zinthu, zingwe zapamanja ndi zina zotero, kusonyeza kuti akuthandizira pa nkhani zomwe timadzutsa. Tidafunikira MLBPA kuti ipite patsogolo ndikuchitapo kanthu. ”
Pang'onopang'ono, koma kutali ndi anthu, Clark ndi MLBPA, kuphatikiza m'modzi mwa maloya apamwamba amgwirizanowu, Ian Penny, adakula kwambiri ndi Advocates. MLBPA idapereka ndalama zowonjezera kugululi mu 2022 kupitilira zopereka zoyambirira, ndipo Clark mu 2021 adayamba kuyimba mafoni pafupipafupi ndi Marino.
"Kudzipereka kumeneku (ndalama) mu 2020 kunadzipangitsa kuti aziyimbira mafoni nthawi ndi nthawi, omwe amangoyimbira mafoni kawiri pa sabata, kenako amayimba foni sabata iliyonse, zomwe zidachitika pafupifupi zaka ziwiri zapitazi," adatero Clark.
Kenako masika, panthawi yotseka ligi yayikulu, Clark ndi ena pamgwirizano adakumana ndi osewera ang'onoang'ono payekha, ku Arizona ndi Florida. Clark ankafuna kufotokoza momveka bwino kuti MLBPA sinangomvetsera chabe, koma ndi chidwi chofuna kuyesetsa.
"Panali mwayi wolankhulana maso ndi maso ndi Harry ndi ena mwa antchito a Advocates, komanso ena mwa atsogoleri a osewera, ngati mungathe, kumbali yaing'ono ya ligi," adatero Clark.
Komabe, Advocates ndi MLBPA onse anali ndi "kusiyana ndi mgwirizano pa nkhani za njira," adatero Fletcher. "Panali vuto linalake, lomwe ndikuganiza kuti zingakhale bwino kunena kuti zinalipo."
Kutengapo gawo kwa MLBPA sikunawonekere kwa anthu ndipo mwadala kutero, kuchepetsa kuthekera kosokoneza. Othandizira osewera ambiri ndi ena ambiri mumakampani samadziwa zomwe zikubwera.
Bwerani Ogasiti, funso linali ngati iyi inali nthawi yoti tisunthe molimba mtima: kukankhira chiphaso, ndikutolera makhadi ololeza mgwirizano omwe adasainidwa ndi osewera.
Fletcher ankaona kuti kuchita zimenezi kunali “koopsa kwambiri.” Chofunikira pakupanga mgwirizano ndicho thandizo lochokera kwa ambiri omwe amabwezera makhadi. Koma nthawi zambiri, zoyesayesa za mgwirizano sizimawonekera poyera pokhapokha atakhala ndi chidziwitso chochokera ku 75 kapena 80 peresenti ya zomwe zingatheke. Fletcher adati thandizo silinawerengedwe pamlingo womwewo.
"Chifukwa chomwe simumasuntha (nthawiyo isanafike) ndikuti muyenera kuyembekezera zomwe zidzachitike," adatero Fletcher. "Nthawi zonse mumamanga njira pazomwe zingakuyendereni bwino."
Mantha anali oti kampeni yodana ndi mgwirizano, ngati MLB ingasankhe kuchita nawo, ikhoza kusokoneza chithandizo ndikuyika pachiwopsezo kupambana. Marino, komabe, anali ndi chidaliro chachikulu kuti achita bwino chifukwa cha malingaliro a osewera omwe adakumana nawo.
"Anthu ambiri ... anali ndi kukaikira momwe osewera angadutse nthawi ikafika," adatero. "Sindina."
Komabe, kupita poyera popanda thandizo lofunikira ndipo potsirizira pake osapanga mgwirizano kungakhale cholepheretsa chachikulu.
"Pali ziwerengero zomwe timafunikira kukhala nazo kuti ntchitoyi ipite patsogolo," adatero Clark. "Nthawi inali yoti patatha sabata imodzi, osewera azinyamuka ndikumaliza nyengo zawo. Osewera ang'onoang'ono a ligi omwe anali ku ma complex, masukulu ophunzitsira masika, anali atachoka kale. Chifukwa chake ndi chidziwitso chomwe tinali nacho, ndi nthawi yochepa yomwe tinali nayo nyengo ikutha, funso lidakhala ngati inali nthawi yoti tiwombere. ”
Inalidi, monga momwe Clark ananenera, nthawi "yogunda batani lopita."
MLBPA m'mwezi wa Ogasiti idaganiza zoyambitsa poyera gulu la mgwirizano, kutumiza makhadi ovomerezeka kwa osewera, ndikukankhira MLB kuti ipange chisankho. League ikhoza kuvomereza mgwirizanowu mwakufuna kwawo pambuyo powerengera makadi, kapena kukakamiza chisankho kudzera mu National Labor Relations Board, zomwe zingatenge nthawi yochulukirapo. MLB idasankha njira yochepetsera kukana.
Ofesi ya mkuluyu yakana kuyankhapo pankhaniyi. M'mawu ake mwezi watha, ligiyo idati: "Major League baseball yakhala ndi mbiri yakale yokambirana mwachikhulupiriro ndi mabungwe, kuphatikiza omwe akuyimira ma umpires ang'onoang'ono ndi akulu, komanso osewera mu ligi yayikulu. Timalemekeza ufulu wa ogwira ntchito wodzisankhira okha ngati akufuna kulowa m’bungwe.”
Mphekesera zomwe zingachitike pamlandu wa senate wokhuza kusakhulupilika kwa ligi mwina zidapangitsa MLB kukhalabe ndi chidwi ndi ndewu - zomwe Advocates adakakamira mothandizidwa ndi ndalama zambiri za MLBPA.
Kuphatikiza apo, Clark wanena mobwerezabwereza kuti lingaliro la MLBPA lotenga osewera ang'onoang'ono ndi "gulu loyenera la osewera pa nthawi yoyenera nyengo yoyenera."
"Ndikunena izi kumbali ya ligi yaying'ono, ndipo ndikunena kuti mbali ya ligi yayikulu," adatero Clark.
Mawu a Clark onena za "nyengo" mwina akugwirizana ndi ndale. Purezidenti Joe Biden ndiwothandizira kwambiri mabungwe, ndipo izi zikuwonekera mu National Labor Relations Board. David Prouty, wamkulu wakale wa MLBPA, adasankhidwa ndi Biden ngati membala wa board ya NLRB.
Clark mu Ogasiti adalumikizana ndi mafoni a Zoom ndi osewera ang'onoang'ono kwa nthawi yoyamba, kukulitsa khalidwe. "Mwadzidzidzi Tony anali pamenepo, zinali ngati, 'O, zoyipa, izi zikuchitikadi," atero a Joe Hudson, wogwira ntchito mu Rays system komanso m'modzi mwa atsogoleri osewera.
"Harry adakhulupirira kuti kutenga nawo gawo kwanga kungakhale kopindulitsa pazolumikizana ndi osewera," adatero Clark.
Osewera atalandira makhadi awo ovomerezeka amgwirizano, omwe adatumizidwa pa intaneti usiku wa Aug. 28, anali ndi logo ya MLBPA. Palibe dzina la mgwirizano lomwe limagwirizana kwambiri ndi osewera mpira kuposa omwewo. Patatha masiku khumi ndi asanu ndi awiri, osewera ang'onoang'ono adalowa mgululi.
"Tidasuntha mwachiwonekere kuti tichotse, ichi ndi chinthu chomwe chitha kuchitika, kuti chitsirizike, mopanda pake," adatero Marino. "Zomwe zikutanthawuza kuti panali zoyambira zambiri ndikukonzekera komanso masomphenya a komwe izi zingapite. ...
Baseball, monga mafakitale ambiri, ili ndi zosokoneza zamtengo wapatali. Kodi "Moneyball" inali yotani, ngati sichoncho? Mgwirizano wa osewera ang'onoang'ono ndi mawonekedwe ena, koma amayenda mbali ina.
Mwachindunji kapena ayi, "Moneyball" ndi kayendedwe kake kamatulutsa phindu kwa eni timu. Osewera ena adapambana pomwe masewerawa adalowa m'malingaliro ake owongolera, momwe osewera amawonera zomwe zakhala chizindikiro chamasewera m'zaka zapitazi. Koma apa, osewera ndi omwe amapindula kwambiri, pafupifupi.
"MLBPA italengeza, pambuyo pa nthawi yonseyi, kuwawona akutenga gawolo, ndikuzindikira kufunikira ndi kufunikira kwa osewerawa, komanso kuti akuyenera kuphatikizidwa m'gulu losankhidwali, inali nthawi yayitali kwambiri. , zomwe zidandipangitsa kukhala pampando kwakanthawi ndikumwetulira ndikuyamikira mphamvu yokoka,” adatero Broshuis.
"Dalaivala," adatero Clark, "adayika osewera pamalo abwino kwambiri kuti achite bwino kampeni."
Ndendende kuchuluka kwa osewera ang'onoang'ono a baseball omwe amapeza pamene zokambirana zayamba posachedwa zikuwonekera. Koma mosasamala kanthu za zotsatira za mgwirizano wawo woyamba, zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi zapitazi zapanga kusintha kwakukulu. Osewera ang'onoang'ono amatha kuwongolera moyo wawo pamene, kwa zaka zambiri, sanatero.
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