It's a typical bit of NBA collective-bargaining wizardry.    From Wordnik.com.  [LeBron, Iguodala Endure Defeats] Reference

All the players did from a collective-bargaining standpoint.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2005] Reference

It also needs to break free of collective-bargaining agreements.    From Wordnik.com.  [Detroit’s Schools Are Going Bankrupt, Too] Reference

Soccer's collective-bargaining agreement provides bonuses for each player.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heard on the Field] Reference

Ueberroth says testing is a collective-bargaining issue, as to how and when.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Ueberroth took action in 1986 cocaine scandal] Reference

More public-safety workers nationwide could get collective-bargaining rights.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Gives Public Workers Clout] Reference

First, the new collective-bargaining agreement allows small-market teams to compete.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Pronger gives Oilers edge in Finals] Reference

We don't have a collective-bargaining relationship, he said from his New York office.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Baseball bans ephedra from minor leagues] Reference

The potential for a lost season looms next year because of collective-bargaining talks.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Veterans treat these playoffs as now or never] Reference

The collective-bargaining agreement, which expires at the end of the year, covers about 5,000 workers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Labor Union Fights Deutsche Post Move] Reference

Yet other changes to the league's collective-bargaining agreement may actually produce thinner wallets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some May Get Poorer in an Uncapped NFL] Reference

We believe in the collective-bargaining process, Larry. we stand with workers and their right to organize.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: Democrats Count Down to National Convention in L.A. - August 12, 2000] Reference

In March, Tagliabue brokered a four-year extension of the NFL's collective-bargaining and labor agreements.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Playbook] Reference

The day the poll appeared the union, in negotiations for a new collective-bargaining agreement, met in Chicago.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Players speak their minds to union leaders] Reference

Jan. 11, 1995: The NHL and players association reach a collective-bargaining agreement after a 103-day lockout.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Lockout chronology: 1995-2005] Reference

The dollars that underwrite salaries in a collective-bargaining agreement must be "unconditional," the official said.    From Wordnik.com.  [D.C. teacher contract undercut by doubts on private funding] Reference

Generally, players distrust what teams say about losses, especially heading into the 2004 collective-bargaining talks.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - USA TODAY Hockey School: Crease, rink, box and money] Reference

Washington's children shouldn't suffer indefinitely in broken schools just because of a collective-bargaining stalemate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dan Brown: Hey. Nicholas Kristof and Michelle Rhee! Teachers Are the Keys, Not the Roadblocks to Reforming Schools] Reference

The collective-bargaining agreement, which was reached after a lockout in 1994-95, has been extended twice by the league.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Bettman: NHL planning to make rinks safer] Reference

Since then, Esmark has said it is "prepared to ... negotiate a new collective-bargaining agreement on an expedited basis.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Esmark Board Invites] Reference

Had these matters been left largely to the collective-bargaining process, unions would be far stronger and more viable today.    From Wordnik.com.  [HEALTH STORIES OF '03] Reference

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league wouldn't comment on the collective-bargaining issue until after the owners 'meeting.    From Wordnik.com.  [NFL Players Seek Bigger] Reference

And the baseball players 'union got all contrite and made an unprecedented offer to reopen the collective-bargaining agreement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voluntary Testing For Baseball's Hulks] Reference

The NHL thought it was schooled by the old collective-bargaining agreement, which we must add, was extended twice by the league.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 17, 2005] Reference

Guangdong is working on a set of reforms to give muscle to collective-bargaining laws that have thus far existed mostly on paper.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michelle Chen: In Summer of Strife, China's Proletariat Debuts on World Stage] Reference

At stake for union workers could be more than 70 years of collective-bargaining gains, according to labor and bankruptcy experts.    From Wordnik.com.  [UAW Faces Prospect Of More Concessions] Reference

The call comes one day before the start of wage negotiations for Postbank employees covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Labor Union Fights Deutsche Post Move] Reference

The proposed amendments include some improvements on issues such as equality and collective-bargaining rights for public servants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Constitutional Debate Looms in Turkey] Reference

"If you believe a new system is coming (in next year's collective-bargaining talks), you have to act in a certain way," Burke says.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Swap or draft, pool of players is deep] Reference

Early 2003: During a series of small gatherings, the league and union spell out their goals for a new collective-bargaining agreement.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Lockout chronology: 1995-2005] Reference

So you have the traditional union organizing drive, where you're seeking a collective-bargaining contract ultimately with an employer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michelle Chen: Immigrants Drive Campaign to Unionize L.A. Car Washes] Reference

Now that the Spurs have their rings and the NBA has its collective-bargaining agreement, where can you go to watch basketball all summer?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stephen Burt: Attention Basketball Fans (Part One)] Reference

All three of those states are trying to change collective-bargaining agreements, these contracts that control how public school systems.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apres ObamaCare, le Deluge?] Reference

Wackenhut and its subsidiaries are parties to about 35 collective-bargaining agreements with six guard-only unions, according to the complaint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wackenhut Sues Union Over Its Tactics] Reference

Only after it won a series of legal rulings did the NFLPA become a union again in 1993, reaching a collective-bargaining agreement with management that year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Smith Gets Down to Business] Reference

The funds are managed by trustees -- half appointed by the union and half by the companies that contribute to the fund pursuant to their collective-bargaining agreements.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Labor Activism] Reference

Team owners last year set the stage for this showdown when they voted to terminate the current collective-bargaining agreement after the 2010 season, two years ahead of schedule.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Smith Gets Down to Business] Reference