Hockey owners file lawsuit over union disbanding worries
- Published: 15 Dec 2012 at 08.46
- Online news: Sports
The National Hockey League pressed a legal case against the players union on Friday amid talk players would vote to disband the union as a tactic in the money dispute that has shut down the NHL.
Pittsburgh Penguins Co-owner Ron Burkle and Don Fehr of the NHL Players Association are seen December 5, 2012. The National Hockey League pressed a legal case against the players union amid talk players would vote to disband the union as a tactic in the money dispute that has shut down the NHL.
Club owners filed a complaint against the players union in federal court and an unfair practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board after being told players would be asked to vote to "disclaim interest" in the union.
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