Union, NHL going back to table
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Though their differences appear irreconcilable, the National Hockey League and its Players Association are at least back on speaking terms.
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TORONTO -- The National Hockey League and the NHL Players Association, only some three weeks from entering a potentially disastrous lockout, will sign a new collective bargaining agreement that will be a hybrid form of the CBAs that govern Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, and the highly prosperous National Football League.
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The NHL and the players' association will resume talks in a bid to save the season &#151; and they'll meet yet again without commissioner Gary Bettman or union head Bob Goodenow.
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Is the NHL season over because of the league&#39;s rejection of the union offer - and vice versa? But the sands are flowing through big-league hockey&#39;s hourglass.
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The NHL accepted an invitation from the players' association on Thursday to return to the negotiating table in an effort to end the lockout that began nearly three months ago.
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A look at key points in the NHL's proposal on Wednesday to the players' association:
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NHL players emerged Tuesday from a four-hour meeting united behind union leadership in the nearly 7-week-old lockout. &quot;(Commissioner Gary Bettman) wants to
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The NHL and the players' association are taking another shot at saving the hockey season, which has seemingly been on the brink of cancellation for weeks.
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TORONTO Dec 14, 2004 - The NHL moved a step closer to losing the season Tuesday, when the league and players&#39; association rejected proposals for a new collective bargaining agreement.
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Contract talks broke off today between the National Hockey League and its locked-out players union, leaving the sport a step closer to wiping out its whole season.
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The NHL reportedly will reject the latest proposal from the players&#39; union that was meant to end the lockout and salvage the season.
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NEW YORK (CP) - The two sides in the NHL labour dispute have abandoned longstanding philosophical positions and edged closer together, but the question is whether there is time to bridge the remaining gap.
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When NHL labor negotiations resume this week, both the league and the players' association will be well represented at the bargaining session.
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The NHL and the players&#39; association will resume talks next week in an effort to end the 78-day lockout and save the season. After nearly three months of silence on and off the ice
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The NHL reportedly will reject the latest proposal from the players&#39; union that was meant to put an end to the lockout and salvage the season.
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National Hockey League owners will meet with representatives from the players union on Thursday in what is seen as a final bid to end a lockout and save the NHL season.
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NEW YORK  The NHL and the players association moved no closer to a collective bargaining agreement during a five-hour meeting Tuesday. In fact, the sides even took a slight detour.