New York Labor History Association

Marvin Miller, who headed the Major League Baseball Players Association from 1966-82 and revolutionized labor relations in American professional sports, was elected yesterday to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Former MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent said upon learning of his death in 2012 that Miller is “the most important baseball figure of the last 50 years. He changed not just the sport but the business of the sport permanently, and he truly emancipated the baseball player – and in the process, all professional athletes.”

Read about his election to the Hall of Fame here. The NYLHA penned a resolution in October supporting the Brooklynite’s election to the Hall.

The first book review of December is here! Click here to read Brian Greenberg’s review of Fight the Power: African Americans and the Long History of Police Brutality in New York City, the 2018 book written by Clarence Taylor.

The first labor history book review of November is here! Click here to read a review of Ellie Belew’s new book, High Voltage Women: Breaking Barriers at Seattle City Light.

This month’s review was penned by Francine Moccio, who herself published a groundbreaking book on the role of women in the male-dominated construction field, Live Wire: Women and Brotherhood in the Electrical Industry, in 2010.