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Marvin Miller

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Object Details

Artist

Ray Fisher, 24 1924 Jun - 27 2020 Jul

Sitter

Marvin J. Miller, 14 Apr 1917 - 27 Nov 2012

Exhibition Label

Born Bronx, New York
As executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) from 1966 to 1983, Marvin Miller forged one of the nation’s strongest unions and sparked transformative changes to Major League Baseball. Hired by the MLBPA to bargain for increased pension benefits, he masterminded a series of initiatives that wrested power from team owners and gave players greater control over their careers. Miller negotiated the first collective bargaining agreement in professional sports in 1968, and two years later, he secured the right for players to bring grievances before an impartial arbitrator. This laid the groundwork for a successful challenge to the reserve clause in baseball contracts that had tied players to their teams in near perpetuity. After the independent arbitrator invalidated the reserve clause in 1975—a decision affirmed in federal court—Miller engineered a compromise with management in the next collective bargaining agreement that brought free agency to Major League Baseball.
Nacido en el Bronx, Nueva York
Como director ejecutivo de la Asociación de Jugadores de Béisbol de Grandes Ligas (MLBPA) de 1966 a 1983, Marvin Miller forjó uno de los sindi catos más fuertes del país e inició cambios funda mentales en el béisbol de grandes ligas. Contratado por la MLBPA para negociar mejores beneficios de pensión, tomó una serie de iniciativas que redujeron el poder de los dueños de los equipos y dieron a los jugadores más control de sus carreras. En 1968, Miller negoció el primer convenio colec tivo en el deporte profesional, y dos años después logró para los jugadores el derecho de presentar reclamos ante un árbitro imparcial. Esto sentó las bases para impugnar la cláusula de reserva en los contratos, que mantenía a los jugadores atados a sus equipos casi a perpetuidad. Luego de que un árbitro independiente invalidara la cláusula en 1975—decisión confirmada en los tribunales federales—Miller negoció con la gerencia un convenio colec tivo que posibilitó la libre agencia en el béisbol de grandes ligas.

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Peter D. Miller, son of Marvin J. Miller

Date

1973

Object number

NPG.2018.27

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© Ray Fisher

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Sheet: 20.5 × 25.3 cm (8 1/16 × 9 15/16")
Image: 16.4 × 23.9 cm (6 7/16 × 9 7/16")

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Exterior
Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigarette
Game
Marvin J. Miller: Male
Marvin J. Miller: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Labor leader
Portrait

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e7bd091f-7737-4a97-97f0-186b24e43be2

Record ID

npg_NPG.2018.27

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