WNBA CBA negotiations heat up
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Harvard economist Claudia Goldin, who focuses on the role of women in the American economy, has been advising the WNBPA in its CBA negotiations.
Players are optimistic, but firm in their demands to get a fair piece of the WNBA’s burgeoning popularity and revenue.
The players' union and the WNBA met for crucial CBA negotiations in Indianapolis on Thursday. While some progress was made, the union feels it was a 'missed opportunity.'
A record number of players attended Thursday’s meeting between the WNBA and WNBPA, with further negotiations coming soon.
Reese wants to be a union leader — and she’s already speaking up. Current members of the executive committee see a natural fit.
Each of the three newest expansion teams joins the league paying a record $250 million expansion fee. The new Golden State expansion team has been an immediate success and is now worth over $500 million, according to Sportico, after paying just a $50 million expansion fee to enter the league. That’s a WNBA-record valuation, and the union knows it.
Pay us what you owe us,’ that’s the message WNBA players sent during their All-Star game. But are WNBA players grossly underpaid or are they asking for too much?
Angel Reese criticized the WNBA's collective bargaining proposal as 'disrespectful' after players and the league failed to come to an agreement Thursday.
The first in-person meeting the league and union since December lasted for a couple of hours and ended with no resolution on the CBA.