MLB players oppose closing of unionized cap plant

NEW YORK (AP) — The baseball players’ union is urging the sport’s exclusive cap supplier to keep open its plant in Derby, New York, and not move production to a non-unionized facility in Florida.
New Era Cap Co. said in November it was planning to shut the site in March and reached a closing agreement with the union last month. New Era has been Major League Baseball’s cap supplier since 1993.
MLB caps are less than 2 percent of New Era’s total. The company said it w