Players Association looking for legal remedies in Canada to avoid lockout -NHL Update
Two provinces of Canada, namely Alberta and Quebec, according to the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA), believe that there are substantial laws that would allow them to file suite and have a potential lockout declared unlawful.
As the Players’ Association made their intentions clear to the media, the league came out in a hurry to declare that any such procedure would cause a significant disruption in the whole negotiation process and would have the season on the brink of a lockout
even further on the edge.
"The filings are intended to interfere with the broader labor negotiating process," NHL Deputy Commissioner, Bill Daly, said Monday, September 10, 2012. "They will have absolutely zero impact on the broader negotiation, or on the deal we ultimately agree
on."
There are just five days remaining till the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) comes to an end and will most likely have the regular season at jeopardy since the league has already let the world know of its intentions of not going into a season
without a new deal, one which matches their desires.
One thing that has the players wanting to now seek legal remedies is the fact that a lockout would mean no salary at all along with the failure to use team facilities throughout that duration. That would mean no training or practicing on the ice until a
new deal comes to play but they hope the Quebec Labor Board will help them achieve their feat.
"This is an opportunity to show that we want to play and, from the players' standpoint, we want to do everything we can to show the owners and the fans that we want to play," Montreal Canadiens defenseman, Josh Gorges, said. "This is a tactic for us to use
to push the owners to allow us to play."
Updates on whether the law will side with the players and address their grievances should be expected in the upcoming days as the CBA will also expire and prior to that, a legal case just might be initiated against the league by the labour union looking
to claim what they term to be their right.
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