Article: Baseball and Umpires Clash Over Background Checks - New York Times

Major League Baseball and its umpires union are locked in disagreement about baseball's right to conduct background checks on umpires, representatives from baseball and the World Umpires Association said yesterday. In a meeting at league headquarters Thursday in New York, Rob Manfred, baseball's executive vice president for labor relations, requested consent to perform in-depth credit checks on its approximately 70umpires, an action that legally requires employees' consent.Baseball's effort to perform the background checks comes after the federal investigation of Tim Donaghy, a former referee for the N.B.A. who has been accused of betting on league games and associating with gamblers. ...

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