Ice
hockey: USA Hockey, women's team to meet over wage dispute
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[March 20, 2017]
(Reuters) - Members of the U.S.
women's national ice hockey team threatening to boycott the world
championships over a wage dispute will meet with USA Hockey on
Monday, the two sides said on Sunday.
Players from the defending world champions will meet USA Hockey
executives in Philadelphia in an effort to sort out the impasse two
days before training camp for the week-long tournament begins.
U.S. forwards Jocelyne and Monique Lamoureux, Meghan Duggan, Hilary
Knight, Kendall Coyne and defenseman Kacey Bellamy will be at the
morning meeting, John Langel, a lawyer for the players, told Reuters
in an email.
Last week, the women's team said they would not report for training
camp unless adequate progress in the dispute is made.
USA Hockey then imposed a deadline of last Thursday for the team to
decide whether to participate in the competition, which begins March
31 in Michigan, but the players opted to let that deadline pass.
Players are under contract to USA Hockey only during years when the
Winter Games are held and are seeking a deal that would compensate
them during non-Olympic years.
But USA Hockey has maintained that its role is to support players as
they prepare for competitions, not to employ them.
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USA forwards Jocelyne Lamoureux (17) and Monique Lamoureux (7) look
on during a women's ice hockey team practice at the 2014 Sochi
Winter Olympics February 19, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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USA Hockey said last week the door remains open for a settlement and
they are committed to resolving the dispute.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Andrew Both) [© 2017 Thomson Reuters. All
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