MLS, players union reach agreement, avoid strike
| Seattle Times - Joshua Mayers - 3 hours ago - Filter Major League
Soccer and its players' union have agreed in principle to a new ...
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League Soccer strike averted as players, league sign new deal
- Los Angeles Times (blog)MLS avoids a strike, agrees to deal with players union - Washington Post MLS season to go ahead after strike averted - ESPN Major League Soccer and its players union announced a five-year collective bargaining agreement Saturday afternoon, wrapping up intensive talks to ensure that the 15th season will start on time Thursday. MLS commissioner Don Garber said the deal was signed roughly five minutes before a press teleconference that started several minutes after its scheduled 1 p.m. ET start. The agreement came on the heels of talks that had intensified over the past week, with player representatives flying to Washington, D.C., to join the sessions. Discussions went late into the evening and early morning Thursday and Friday night. |
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