PURE EVIL The Baseball Industry, MLB & MiLB Files (DEEP-DIVE) Capitalism, Wage Theft, Lawsuits, ETC - Video

PURE EVIL The Baseball Industry, MLB, & MiLB Files (DEEP-DIVE) Capitalism, Wage Theft, ETC... Today I talk to you about, The UNSOLVED & SOLVED True Crime Daily stories and Capitalism Atrocities, Going down in the Baseball MLB Industry, I talk about, Communists fighting the color line Baseball players resisting owners America’s pastime has a fascinating untold history of radical struggles against injustice and labor exploitation Brooklyn Dodgers second baseman Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier it became clear that the Capitalist Pig MLB owners were making profits off the backs of the Baseball Players and stealing the fruits of their labor And So in 1966 they hired Marvin Miller a former official with the United Steelworkers union He negotiated the first collective bargaining contract in professional sports history He educated the players about labor history and solidarity, Danny Gardella He was a so-so outfielder for the New York Giants Frustrated by the low pay and wage theft he was getting In 1946 he jumped to the Mexican League His salary increased from $4,500 to $10,000 The Mexican League not only paid better it was also integrated Curt Flood He sacrificed his career when he sued major league baseball in a lawsuit, White Sox and Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordonez and Ozzie Guillen both Venezuelans supported Hugo Chávez a socialist leader against US Imperialism, Carlos Delgado a Puerto Rican native was no stranger to political protest He had campaigned for years against the US Military presence in Vieques Puerto Rico island used for sixty years as a weapons-testing ground Delgado and others called for the American government to clean up the economic psychological environmental mess and toll it left behind which included high cancer rates, Red Sox Clubhouse Manager Donald Fitzpatrick admitting that he used Boston Red Sox memorabilia to lure young under aged black clubhouse workers

How America Sold Out Little League Baseball The capitalism privatization of American youth sports We have commodified the play of millions of children into a $19.2 billion business weakening programs that promise affordable sports for all children baseball is becoming a mostly white country-club sport for upper-class families to consume, MLB settles class action wage theft lawsuit for $185 million It would cost each major league team around $15 million to raise the salaries of all of their minor league players to $60,000 a year. To put that $15 million into perspective, it would be 0.45% of the net worth of John Middleton the owner of the Philadelphia Phillies Around 86% of minor baseball leaguers are currently below the poverty line while the other 14% are hovering right above it Not only are minor league players not paid living wages, many struggle to find proper housing all while the MLB and its owners are exploiting players for profit Congress passed the “Save America’s Pastime Act” which exempts minor league players from federal labor law For the players that have to adhere to strict rules about staying in shape and being healthy this is not enough money to eat healthy meals every day, A corrupt process exploits Dominican baseball prospects, Big Tobacco began heavily investing in tactics to link tobacco with baseball, Major League Baseball and Its Problem With DV, MLB Danny Serafini True Crime Case Jon Taffer from Bar Rescue visits The Bullpen Bar in Sparks Nevada He had lost $14 million through a series of bad investments, ETC!!!
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