Labor Relations and the Sports Industry

The AFL-CIO is a federation of U.S. labor unions. Though not all sports labor organizations are members, this is a good site for getting labor news and resources.

Basic explanations of the National Labor Relations Act, labor union rights, and 'what is a labor contract' from the Center for Labor Education & Research, Univ. of Hawaii.

Legal basics and text of the laws.

This report examines Congressional responses to the 1982 and 1987 work stoppages in the NFL, the 2011 NFL lockout, and the 1994 Major League Baseball strike. In the course of examining how congress reacted, the researchers also offer data and history about collective bargaining in professional sports, including appendices on labor relations in the NFL, labor-management relations in professional sports, and a discussion of antitrust exemptions applicable to professional sports.

Contracts from the DOL historical collection, up to 2006. Use repositoary search engine or downloadable spreadsheet to locate specific contracts.

USA TODAY's salaries database contains year-by-year listings of salaries for the NBA, MLB, NFL and NHL.