Players set to Vote on Players' Association Dissolution Sunday -NHL Update
The National Hockey League (NHL) is taking out its wrath against the labour union on a legal level, while the Players’ Association is gearing up to vote whether they want to dissolve the representative body altogether or not.
According to sources, members will begin voting later on, on Sunday on whether they want to keep the labour union intact to continue representation, something the league has had a problem against. More than 700 members are expected to do the voting and is
expected to be all done electronically. A two-third majority is required for the move to go ahead and be officially authorised.
Voting could take some time as five days are the least amount of time expected for it to be completed. A board clearance would also be required by the union’s executive board after they deem it to be appropriate and in good will of the entire negotiation
process. Many legal formalities will also have to be taken into consideration, or else they could face a number of issues in the following days with the league looking for an opportunity to take them down.
Talks between the two stakeholders completely failed and collapsed nearly three months after the collective bargaining agreement officially came to an end on September 15, 2012, and yet, there is still no major progress on the issue.
After players and team owners sat down for the very first time earlier in December, a new ray of hope was seen by everyone involved and fans as it was termed to be more than successful by stakeholders. Everything came to a sudden halt when the league and
Players’ Association, again, rejected each other’s offers in the following meeting, bringing it back to where it all started.
"Don't know what next step is," NHL Deputy Commissioner, Bill Daly said, in his last email to ESPNNewYork.com. "Time will tell."
At the moment, there is no clarity on what could be happening in the next couple of days as the union sets to be decertified while the league has opted to take the legal route and terms the dismantling to be illegal and uncalled for.
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