Senator proposes minor league baseball bill

Durbin files bill protecting minor league baseball players
An Illinois congressman hopes to score with a new bill in the Capitol designed to protect minor league ball players. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) announced the Fair Ball Act Wednesday to help players get paid more wages.
Fair Ball Act, bill aiming to further protect minor-league baseball players, to be introduced by U.S. senator
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) intends to introduce a new bill, named the Fair Ball Act, to "further protect minor league baseball players from previous legislation that exempted them from wage-and-hour laws,
Sen. Dick Durbin introduces bill to strengthen labor protections for minor league players
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin introduced a bill Wednesday that, if passed, would strengthen labor protections for minor league baseball players. The Fair Ball Act would make minor league players subject to minimum wage and overtime laws if players lacked a collective bargaining agreement. ESPN first reported news of the bill Wednesday.
Senator proposes minor league baseball bill; what would Dick Durbin's 'Fair Ball Act' accomplish?
The Senator wants a safeguard in place against the salary gains players achieved under union representation from being rolled back in the future.
Sen. Durbin introduces act to provide labor protections for MLB players
According to the Senate Judiciary Committee, there is some legislation from Senator Dick Durbin that would roll back labor law exemptions enabling Major League Baseball to skirt federal wage and hour laws at the expense of unionized minor league players.
Sources: Fair Ball Act aims to further protect minor leaguers
Dick Durbin plans to introduce the Fair Ball Act, a bill that would further protect minor league baseball players from previous legislation that exempted them from wage and hour laws, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.
Senators seek to protect minor league baseball pay with Fair Ball Act
Minor league baseball players are technically exempt from minimum wage and overtime laws. Lawmakers are trying to blunt that exemption.
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