11. At the moment, commissioner Bud Selig has ordered clubs not to reveal specific financial data while a new labor agreement is being negotiated. 12. Baseball has a new labor agreement. 13. Boeing recently negotiated a new labor contract with its machinists and Condit was credited with playing a key role. 14. Both sides have battled bitterly for more than a year on terms of a new labor contract. 15. -- Do they declare an impasse in their negotiations for a new labor agreement with the players? 16. A new labor agreement is more valuable for public relations than it is for franchise solvency. 17. After labor talks stalled in mid-December, President Carlos Menem attempted to enact a new labor law by decree. 18. But a new labor deal might make Fox a Laker again. 19. But four weeks later they still have neither a new chief labor lawyer nor any apparent strategy to pursue. 20. But first, a quick review of the lockout, and the new labor agreement that resulted, and the hasty conclusions everyone drew. |