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The NHLPA’s Donald Fehr talks to journalists after leaving talks in Toronto on Monday. (Chris Young/Canadian Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — The NHL Players’ Association is dreaming big. Faced with an initial proposal in collective bargaining that held absolutely no appeal, NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr is proceeding as though it never happened. Rather [...]
(Reuters) – The fun and games of the National Hockey League’s All-Star weekend turned serious Saturday as league commissioner Gary Bettman and player’s union chief Donald Fehr danced around questions about a looming labor war. With the current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) set to expire on September 15, NHL owners and the players association (NHLPA) [...]
Billy Hunter, Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association (R), and Derek Fisher, President of the National Basketball Players Association speak at a press conference after NBA labor negotiations at the New York Helmsley Hotel in the early morning hours of November 10, 2011 in New York City. (November 9, 2011 – Photo by [...]
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — NBA owners and players made progress toward a new labor deal during more than 15 hours of talks and will return Thursday, still hoping an 82-game season is possible. The talks Wednesday into Thursday morning were about the salary cap system, and NBA Commissioner David Stern said they likely will [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Three days and 30 hours’ worth of talks ended on a nasty note Thursday in NBA labor negotiations. And only one thing seemed fairly certain: more games were likely to be cut. Possibly even the season. Players insist that’s the outcome owners wanted all along – “preordained,” as union executive director [...]
NEW YORK (AP) – NBA players and owners spent a marathon 16 hours meeting with a federal mediator and planned to return early Wednesday to continue the talks. They didn’t emerge with the deal Commissioner David Stern wanted Tuesday, but things went well enough that owners decided to alter their plans after previously saying they [...]
NEW YORK (AP) Commissioner David Stern said his “gut” tells him there will be no NBA basketball on Christmas without a labor agreement by Tuesday. That day, when owners and players are scheduled to meet with a federal mediator, is a “really big deal,” he added. Owners will then open two days of board meetings [...]
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — MIAMI — After almost six hours of meetings late Sunday in New York, the NBA and the players union have agreed to meet again Monday in a last-ditch effort to end the lockout and avoid having to cancel regular-season games. Monday is the day NBA Commissioner David Stern had set [...]
(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — NEW YORK – NBA players’ refusal to accept a hard salary cap led to an impasse in collective bargaining discussions with the league Tuesday, jeopardizing the start of training camps, preseason and the regular season. “We’re a bit pessimistic and discouraged at, one, the ability to start on time, and [...]
David Stern, Commisioner of the NBA arrives at Omni Hotel on June 30, 2011 in New York City. (June 29, 2011 – Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images North America) NEW YORK (AP) — David Stern wants progress in the NBA’s collective bargaining talks by Labor Day. He may get his wish. Officials from the league [...]
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