Description: The National Hockey League has locked out its players as its collective agreement with the NHL Players Association expires.

Source: The Toronto Star

Date: 09/16/2012

Link: http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/article/1257393–nhl-lockout-players-ponder-unemployment

Related links:

• NHL
• NHLPA
• The NHL collective bargaining agreement
• The NHL’s “nasty” industrial relations – Toronto Star column
• National Post story

Questions for discussion:

• Briefly summarize the events leading up to this lockout.
• What reasons do the owners give for locking out the players?
• What are the owners proposing for a new agreement?
• What is the players’ proposal?
• What does this dispute have in common with other industrial disputes you are aware of? What are the differences?