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Major League Baseball Enacts Player Lockout, Leading to First Work Stoppage Since 1994

HeadlineDec 02, 2021

Major League Baseball’s team owners have locked out players after failing to reach a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement before the previous contract officially expired at midnight Thursday. It’s the ninth labor stoppage in Major League history, and the first since a player strike in 1994. 

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