Description: Former Canadian Auto Workers head Buzz Hargrove says the NHL Players’ Association shouldn’t have agreed to meet with team owners without the association’s executive director.

Source: CBC

Date: 12/06/2012

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/ID/2313280372/

Related links:

• Donald Fehr speaks to the CAW
• Two sides still in contact after talks break off
• Earlier update
• NHL
• NHLPA

Questions for discussion:

• Why does Hargrove refer to these talks as an “amateur hour”?
• What does Hargrove believe may be needed to reach a settlement?
• Consult your textbook and make a list of the advantages to such an approach.
• Now make a list of the disadvantages.
• Based on what you have learned in this course, what do you think should be done to reach a settlement?