MLB-Players Association and MLB schedule another interview

The baseball players blocked plan to make a counteroffer to the MLB on Monday, 11 days after the clubs gave the union a proposal as negotiations resumed at a crawl after a 42-day break.

The players’ union asked Major League Baseball on Thursday to schedule the bargaining session.

There is less time to get a deal done in time for spring training to start as scheduled on Feb. 16.

Opening day scheduled for March 31 is under increasing threat, given the need for players to show up, follow COVID-19 protocols and have at least three weeks of workouts that include a minimum number of exhibition games.

Players don’t get paychecks until the regular season, and owners get only a small percentage of their income during the offseason. Those factors create negotiations that are a game of chicken until mid to late February, when significant economic losses become more imminent.

When the owners made their new proposal on Jan. 13, the players reacted coolly, saying they would contact MLB when they were ready to respond.

Baseball’s ninth work stoppage, the first since 1995, began Dec. 2 after the expiration of a five-year labor contract that left players unhappy.

The parties differ on luxury tax thresholds and rates, eligibility for arbitration, level of revenue sharing, size of the postseason, changes to the amateur draft, and other ways to address the union’s accusation of improper manipulation of service time by clubs.

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MLB-Players Association and MLB schedule another interview