Labor negotiations
FILE - Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, left, and Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Tony Clark speak before Game 1 in baseball's World Series between the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves, Oct. 26, 2021, in Houston. A five-year contract between MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association expires at 11:59 p.m. EST on Dec. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Ron Blum, File)
Key people and background in MLB labor negotiations

By Ronald Blum an hour ago

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) celebrates after an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, in Glendale, Ariz. The Packers won 24-21. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
EXPLAINER: Why Rodgers and Packers were handed COVID fines

By Barry Wilner Nov. 10, 2021 04:09 PM EST

Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers runs for a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)
Rodgers explains why he's no longer Packers' player rep

Nov. 18, 2020 05:47 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2019, file photo, Cleveland Browns center JC Tretter (64) lines up against the Arizona Cardinals during the first half of an NFL football game in Glendale, Ariz. The Browns center and NFLPA president says he will push for daily testing for the coronavirus as the NFL ramps up to a possible season. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)
Browns starting C Tretter sidelined after procedure on knee

By Tom Withers Aug. 14, 2020 03:23 PM EDT

FILE - This Nov. 10, 2019, file photo shows Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians wearing a "Crucial Catch" hat before an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals in Tampa, Fla. The NFL is planning to allow players to have decals on the back of their helmets bearing names or initials of victims of systemic racism and police violence. The league has been in talks with individual players and their union since June about somehow honoring such victims.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
NFL planning to allow social justice decals on helmets

By Barry Wilner Jul. 21, 2020 01:47 PM EDT

Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL football quarterback Tom Brady, far right, is seen along with other players during a private workout Tuesday, June 23, 2020, at Berkeley Preparatory School in Tampa, Fla. (Chris Urso/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Brady continues group workouts despite NFLPA recommendation

Jun. 23, 2020 03:31 PM EDT

NFLPA president calls for relook at portion of labor deal

By John Wawrow And Barry Wilner Apr. 30, 2020 04:14 PM EDT
NFL Players Association President JC Tretter is calling for a re-examination of a portion of the labor agreement with the league affecting disability coverage...

FILE - In a Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020 file photo, Eric Winston, president of the NFL Players Association, speaks at the annual state of the NFLPA press conference, in Miami Beach, Fla. NFL players have approved a new labor agreement with the league that features a 17-game regular season, higher salaries, increased roster sizes and larger pensions for current and former players. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
Column: NFL wins again with deal players didn't have to make

By Tim Dahlberg Mar. 15, 2020 04:44 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2020, file photo, NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith speaks at the annual state of the union news conference in Miami Beach, Fla. The deadline for applying franchise and transition tags to free agents has been moved from Thursday to Monday by the league and players' union. With the NFL Players Association's members still voting on a new labor agreement the owners already have approved — that deadline was extended by two days to 11:59 p.m. EDT on Saturday — leaving the last time to use the tags at Thursday made little sense. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
NFL players approve labor deal, including 17-game season

By Barry Wilner Mar. 15, 2020 10:32 AM EDT

Eric Winston, president of the NFL Players Association, speaks at the annual state of the NFLPA press conference, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Miami Beach, Fla. The San Francisco 49ers will face the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game Sunday. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
NFL players' union extends CBA voting deadline to Saturday

By Barry Wilner Mar. 09, 2020 03:03 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2018, file photo, Pro Football Hall of Fame president David Baker speaks during halftime of an NFL football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders in Santa Clara, Calif. The Pro Football Hall of Fame in an unusual move is endorsing the labor agreement the players' union currently is voting on, citing pension benefits for its inductees and other former players. Hall of Fame President David Baker sent a letter to all inductees and their families on Monday, March 9, 2020. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter in which Baker refers to conversations with various league and union officials. Team owners approved the deal last month, and the player vote will conclude late Thursday night. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
Hall of Fame endorses labor agreement for inductee benefits

By Barry Wilner Mar. 09, 2020 02:04 PM EDT

Pittsburgh Steelers owner Arthur Rooney II leaves after NFL owners meet to discuss a proposed labor agreement, Thursday Feb. 20, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
NFL players' union sends labor proposal to members for vote

By Dave Campbell Mar. 05, 2020 12:40 PM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2020, file photo, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) hands off to running back Tevin Coleman (26) during the first half of an NFL divisional playoff football game against the Minnesota Vikings at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. The current collective bargaining agreement expires in March 2021, but NFL owners are eager to get a new contract in place as soon as possible. That would enable them to begin looking toward new, lucrative broadcast deals, with a decade of labor peace assured. But the players don't appear to be in a rush to approve the new agreement that is the result of 10 months of negotiations between the sides. Indeed, several player reps last Friday night were adamant that more negotiating is needed. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
Player reps send new CBA to union members for approval

By Barry Wilner Feb. 25, 2020 02:47 PM EST

John Mara, owner of the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL), arrive for a meeting with NFL owners to discuss a proposed labor agreement, Thursday Feb. 20, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
NFL owners approve negotiated terms for new labor agreement

By Barry Wilner Feb. 20, 2020 02:57 PM EST

NFL owners to meet Thursday and discuss labor negotiations

By Barry Wilner Feb. 19, 2020 06:45 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — NFL owners will meet Thursday in Manhattan to discuss ongoing negotiations with the players' association about a new collective bargaining...

The Latest: Goodell: Probe on Pats videotaping ongoing

By The Associated Press Jan. 29, 2020 12:54 PM EST
MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's news conference. (all times EST.) 1:35 p.m. As for the...

FILE - In this July 25, 2011, file photo, NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, left, and NFL football Commissioner Roger Goodell speak during a news conference at the NFL Players Association in Washington, after the NFL Players Association executive board and 32 team reps voted unanimously to approve the terms of a deal with owners to the end the 4½-month lockout. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
NFL at 100: Another labor stoppage looms in 2 years

By Barry Wilner Mar. 10, 2019 01:01 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 1966, file photo, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, left, announces that New Orleans has been awarded the league's 16th franchise during a news conference in New Orleans. Under Rozelle, there were two strikes and three other work stoppages, though only the strikes affected the regular season. And, to be fair, Rozelle was not involved in negotiations with the union, then led by Ed Garvey; the NFL’s management council had full authority. (AP Photo, File)
NFL At 100: Finding labor peace always a tortured process

By Barry Wilner Mar. 10, 2019 01:00 PM EDT

NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith speaks during a news conference at the media center for the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Union, league preparing "war chests" for 2021 labor talks

By Barry Wilner Jan. 31, 2019 06:47 PM EST

Chart shows the divergence of overall player experience in the NFL since 2005; 2c x 3 1/2 inches; 96.3 mm x 88 mm;
Guaranteed money could be key to avoiding NFL lockout

By Eddie Pells Jan. 28, 2019 09:18 AM EST