Mar 31, 1995: Longest strike in Major League Baseball history ends

 

 Click the picture to watch reaction to the 1994 Major League Baseball strike.

Major League Baseball players are sent back to work after the longest strike in baseball history ends on this day in 1995. Because of the strike, the 1994 World Series was cancelled; it was the first time baseball did not crown a champion in 89 years.

During the negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement, tensions between owners and players had arisen over the owners’ desire to institute a cap on player salaries. Claiming financial hardship, owners argued that player salaries, which had risen exponentially since the 1970s, had become unsustainable and, if not contained, would bankrupt the teams. The players, led by union head Donald Fehr, refused to agree to a cap; they pointed out that they had been underpaid for most of the sport’s history and called salary caps just the latest form of exploitation by owners.

Today in Social Studies:

7th- Continued to research social issues from Asia & the Pacific Island nations.  Each group has 9-12 countries to research.
6th- Each student read an article dealing with AIDS and wrote a summary about the effects of AIDS in each instance.  Also, they were given an edmodo assignment AIDS Facts Part #1.
8th- Each group wrote & turned in 2 quiz questions for Ch4 Section 4.  Students then took the quiz and turned them in.  Also partially graded Ch4 Section 4 Study Guide.

Mr. Johnson