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The WNBA and the players’ union will meet Monday in New York for the first time in several weeks to try to move the stalled collective bargaining negotiations forward.
Kelsey Plum, who is vice president of the players union, mentioned the meeting to reporters while she was preparing for a game in Philadelphia with the 3-on-3 league Unrivaled.
“I think we’ll learn a lot from this meeting. I’m not trying to put it on the meeting, but this is a meeting that I think everyone understands what’s at stake,” Plum said. “The league has their timelines; we as players understand what’s at stake. I always come into anything that I do with a great attitude, and I’m going to see the best in this.”
Plum will be joined at the meeting by other members of the executive council, including Nneka Ogwumike and Napheesa Collier, as well as union leadership.
The league will have its regular negotiating team, including WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert, the labor relations committee and a few other owners, according to a person familiar with the situation.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday because of the sensitive nature of the negotiations.
The person said the league had been asking for the meeting for a few weeks and it was agreed upon by the union Thursday.
Players said union leadership had been coming to chat with them frequently, including this week.
“Both sides want to get something done, we just got to make moves to get there,” Rachel Banham said. ”It’s got to be an actual negotiation with compromise.”
Natasha Cloud took a more hardened stance.
