INDIANAPOLIS — More than 40 WNBA players, including Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese, gathered Thursday for a meeting between the Women's National Basketball Players Association and the league to discuss ongoing negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement.
It marked the largest in-person player turnout in union history during CBA talks.
Thursday's meeting, the first in-person one the two parties have had since December, lasted for a couple of hours and ended with no resolution.
«The WNBA's response to our proposals fails to address the priorities we've voiced from the day we opted out: a transformational CBA that delivers our rightful share of the business we built, improves working conditions, and ensures the success we create lifts both today's players and the generations that follow,» the WNBPA said in a statement.
Earlier this week, union president Nneka Ogwumike had expressed optimism that Thursday's meeting could be beneficial and lead to an easing of tension between the sides because it would be face-to-face. But instead, the union left unsatisfied.
«We've told the league and teams exactly why their proposal falls so short,» the statement said. «The business is booming — media rights, ratings, revenue, team valuations, expansion fees, attendance, and ticket sales — are all up in historic fashion. But short-changing the working women who make this business possible stalls growth.
»The only thing more unsustainable than the current system is pretending it can go on forever."
The sides did agree to another meeting this weekend.
«I don't know that I'm going to say progress, but we had spirited conversation,» said Terri Carmichael Jackson, the executive director of the WNBPA.
«I think we're on
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