The MLB Players Association's executive director, Tony Clark, anticipates a lockout after the current collective bargaining agreement expires in December 2026. This expectation follows comments by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, who suggested that a lockout could provide leverage in negotiations, despite Clark's assertion that players view such actions as detrimental. The backdrop to these discussions involves a history of contentious negotiations, notably the previous lockout that ended in March 2022. The ongoing discord hints at continued challenges in labor relations in Major League Baseball.
"Unless I am mistaken, the league has come out and said there's going to be a work stoppage," Clark said, per Barry M. Bloom of Sportico. "So, I don't think I'm speaking out of school in that regard."
Players know from first-hand experience that a lockout is neither routine nor positive," Clark said. "It's a weapon, plain and simple, implemented to pressure players and their families by taking away a player's ability to work."
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