National Football League Players' Association


 

The National Football League Players' Association, or NFLPA, is the labor union of players in football's National Football League. It was founded in 1956, but only achieved recognition and a collective bargaining agreement several years later. After a lost strike in 1987, the union was formally decertified, converting into a professional association in order to pursue antitrust litigation designed to win free agency for its members. When that tactic worked it reformed as a union and resumed collective bargaining with the league in 1993.

Related Topics:
Labor union - Football - National Football League - 1956 - Collective bargaining agreement - 1987 - Decertified - Antitrust - Free agency - 1993

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National Football League Players' Association: Formation and recognition ►

~ Table of Content ~

►Introduction
►Formation and recognition
►Merger and progress
►The 1987 strike and decertification
►Returning to collective bargaining
►External references

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