millbank Posted March 25, 2005 Posted March 25, 2005 The fractured relationship between the NHL and NHL Players' Association continues to take a turn for the worse. TSN has learned the NHL has formally filed an ''unfair labor practice'' complaint with the National Labor Relations Board in the United States over the NHLPA's apparent policy that any NHLPA member who were to become a replacement player next season would have to re-pay the lockout ''stipend'' he is currently receiving from the union. This stipend or lockout benefit figure is estimated to be in the $10,000 a month range per player. Any NHLPA member is eligible to receive the benefit, but media reports have suggested players have been told they would be forced to give back any benefit monies if they became replacement players for the league next season. Individual NHL clubs received correspondence from the league today informing them of the unfair labor practice grievance that was filed with the NLRB earlier this week. Unfair Labor Practice
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