MLB to Pay $185 Million Settlement in Minor League Wage Dispute

Broshuis, who is not part of the class of players, spent six years in the minors and vividly recalled the hardships of minor league life. He remembered seeing eight teammates from Latin America living in a three-bedroom apartment with no furniture, only air mattresses.

“Those things are changing, and it is long overdue,” Broshuis said. “We first brought this case over eight years ago, and the problems were not discussed enough and had been going on far too long. Now, teams are paying for housing and have gotten rid of things like clubhouse dues, which was a major problem for players.”

Broshuis, whose firm would earn 30 percent of the payout, according to the terms of the settlement, or $55 million plus an additional $5 million in fees, said that without the pressure brought by the lawsuit, few of those changes would have been implemented.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/15/sports/baseball/mlb-lawsuit-pay.html