By Mark Mix
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Negotiators from the NHL and the players' association made it into the same room to talk this time. They just didn't carry any meaningful progress out of it.
Two days of talks between the NHL, the players' association, and federal mediators still haven't provided any answers how to end the lockout.
Federal mediators are still involved in hockey's labor talks, and the NHL and the players' association might soon be getting together again.
It took several hours on Thursday, but negotiators from the NHL and the players' association found their way back to the bargaining table for the third consecutive day of talks aimed at ending the long lockout.
NHL owners and players face lots of work to save the hockey season. Whether they are moving closer after a week of talking remains to be seen.
NHL owners and players face lots of work to save the hockey season. Whether they are moving closer after a week of talking remains to be seen.
Locked in a multibillion-dollar staredown, the NFL and the players' union headed toward the final day of their expiring collective bargaining agreement with no word of significant progress and the increasing likelihood of moves that eventually could threaten the 2011 season.
After negotiating through the long holiday weekend, NFL and the players' union kept going Tuesday, undeterred by a blanket of snow and ice that slowed down the usual bustle of the nation's capital.
Say this for the NFL and its players' union: They are on speaking terms at the moment.
Federally mediated negotiations toward a new NFL labor deal lasted about eight hours Sunday, the third consecutive day the league and its players' union met to try to find common ground before the current contract expires.
The NFL and its players' union met before a federal mediator for the third consecutive day on Sunday, trying to find common ground for a new labor deal before the current one expires.
After weeks of rhetoric, the NFL and its players' union suddenly went silent.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has arrived for the first negotiating session between the league and its players' union involving a federal mediator.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and union head DeMaurice Smith met in front of a federal mediator for about six hours Friday, a bid to jump-start contentious and slow-moving labor negotiations two weeks before owners could lock out players and threaten the 2011 season.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and union head DeMaurice Smith have arrived for the first negotiating session involving a federal mediator.
"You know we're not going to give you any information," NFL outside lawyer Bob Batterman said as he left with three league executives. "I can't say anything, other than the fact that we are meeting."
