Celebrating 50 Years of Free Agency in Baseball

It’s baseball season, and it’s the 50th anniversary of free agency. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll look at one of the most successful unions in American labor history – the Major League Baseball Players Association. We’ll talk with Michael Haupert, economics professor and expert on the business of baseball, about the union and the union’s biggest win – free agency for players. Our feature is Safety First with Mary Erio.

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Celebrating 50 Years of Free Agency in Baseball is an episode from Heartland Labor Forum by KKFI 90.1 FM.

This episode is 01:00:09 long.

This episode was published on Mar 30, 2026.

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