31.   The settlement, which labor organizers called historic and which caps a turbulent six-month organizing drive, decertifies a union affiliated with the governing Institutional Revolutionary Party.

32.   The triumvirate of Falk clients two years ago tried to decertify the union in an attempt to derail the current agreement.

33.   These stars are among the first to break rank with the players association, having begun a movement to decertify the union.

34.   They can vote to decertify their union or they can reject that strategy and approve the labor agreement that union and league officials support.

35.   We provide an analysis of what lies ahead as the players decide whether to accept this agreement or decertify the union and start from scratch.

36.   A few miles away, the lawyer for players trying to decertify the union filed an unfair labor practice charge against the league in an effort to stop bargaining.

37.   A group of players led by Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing want to decertify the union.

38.   A majority is needed to decertify the union and void the agreement the union leaders reached with the NBA.

39.   During the offseason, Jordan led a group of players in a failed attempt to decertify the union.

40.   He represented the NFL players there and followed the same strategy of having the union decertified so the issue could be brought to court.