Union busting
Verbal Jazz grew up in a blue-collar, union loving family. Unions can help workers collectively bargain for fair and reasonable wages, along with other benefits, and allow workers the security in knowing that someone is on their side. Out here in RSN (Red Sox Nation), we have all been eagerly awaiting the imminent arrival of one Alex Rodriguez, reigning MLB MVP, smooth operator, and best player in the game. In order to get A-Rod, the Red Sox arranged a trade that would have sent a goofy, non-intellectual, nonchalant Manny Ramirez ("I Manny; I hit ball) to the Texas Rangers in return for the services of A-Rod. Apparently, the Major League Baseball Players' Association (MLBPA), or the players' union, does not like the restructured deal made to A-Rod's contract and has put the kibosh on the whole thing. Essentially A-Rod makes far more than his current market value due to having been signed in the wacky bubble economy year of 2000. The Union has taken the position of opposing a player's wish to earn less money to be on a competitive team, in a place that lives and breathes baseball (only in Boston could the offseason moves of the baseball team knock news of the first place football team off the front of the sports page). Now, why doesn't someone give me $25 million to write Verbal Jazz?
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Verbal Jazz grew up in a blue-collar, union loving family. Unions can help workers collectively bargain for fair and reasonable wages, along with other benefits, and allow workers the security in knowing that someone is on their side. Out here in RSN (Red Sox Nation), we have all been eagerly awaiting the imminent arrival of one Alex Rodriguez, reigning MLB MVP, smooth operator, and best player in the game. In order to get A-Rod, the Red Sox arranged a trade that would have sent a goofy, non-intellectual, nonchalant Manny Ramirez ("I Manny; I hit ball) to the Texas Rangers in return for the services of A-Rod. Apparently, the Major League Baseball Players' Association (MLBPA), or the players' union, does not like the restructured deal made to A-Rod's contract and has put the kibosh on the whole thing. Essentially A-Rod makes far more than his current market value due to having been signed in the wacky bubble economy year of 2000. The Union has taken the position of opposing a player's wish to earn less money to be on a competitive team, in a place that lives and breathes baseball (only in Boston could the offseason moves of the baseball team knock news of the first place football team off the front of the sports page). Now, why doesn't someone give me $25 million to write Verbal Jazz?
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