MLB Lockout 2021: It’s a Monopsony

When the league locked out the players on December 2nd, 2021, they yet again showed they had the power and they wanted to wield it. Under the National Labor Relations Act, the league (employer) has to bargain in “good faith with employees' union representative.” It does not seem the MLB is bargaining in good faith and could be in violated of the NLRA. Section 8(a)(5) of the Act makes it an unfair labor practice for an employer "to refuse to bargain collectively with the representatives of its employees.”