Union head contends players are united
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Bob Goodenow, the executive director of the NHL Players&#39; Association, portrayed his union as united and blamed NHL commissioner Gary Bettman for the seven-week
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That could be the common refrain heard by NHL Players Association executive director Bob Goodenow today when the union&#39;s executive committee and representatives of the 30 clubs meet at a Toronto hotel.
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In a pitched battled with the league&#39;s owners over a new collective bargaining agreement, NHL players have, for the most part, presented a strong, united front that suggests it will be a very
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Bob Goodenow, the executive director of the N.H.L. Players' Association, stresses that the labor conflict is not a personality clash with Commissioner Gary Bettman.
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Responding to a report that called for sweeping changes to baseballâs antidoping effort, Donald M. Fehr said his union would defend its players against anything it considered breaches of privacy and due process.
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The NHL and the players' association are taking another shot at saving the hockey season, which has been on the brink of cancellation for weeks. A two-day meeting last week produced no tangible progress toward a labor agreement. The league and the union will meet again Wednesday in Toronto, but no formal proposal will be presented by the league.
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A showdown is expected at union Aslef's annual conference between supports of past and present leaders.
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The NHL players' association is taking its case public.
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Weâre not just talking about the ballplayers anymore, welcome as the news was Tuesday that the executive board of their union instructed its leaders to reopen the collective bargaining agreement and negotiate a tougher drug-testing policy.
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NEW YORK  The league and the players association moved no closer to a collective-bargaining agreement during a five-hour meeting yesterday. In fact, the sides even took a bit of a detour.
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Speculation the National Hockey League might declare a labor impasse was further stoked by comments made by Atlanta Thrashers owner Steve Belkin.
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With mounting pressure from Commissioner Bud Selig and Sen. John McCain, the players union&#39;s executive board will consider whether to agree to more stringent steroid testing in Major
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The catalyst for the resumption of talks this week between NHL management and the players' association has told his union brethren to be prepared for the lockout to last well into next season.
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Baseball&#39;s players union must step up to diffuse the growing drug-enhancement scandal that has gripped the nation&#39;s pastime.
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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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The NBA players&#39; union is seeking to have a case heard by an arbitrator to fight the suspensions leveled by Commissioner David Stern.
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TORONTO -- Forget it, there isn&#39;t going to be an NHL season. Not a chance. The biggest question going into yesterday&#39;s NHL Players&#39; Association meeting was whether the union would call the NHL to restart negotiations