{"id":99619,"date":"2025-12-30T04:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T04:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/99619\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T04:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T04:00:07","slug":"players-union-reaches-tentative-deal-with-echl-after-strike-postpones-jacksonville-icemen-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/99619\/","title":{"rendered":"Player\u2019s union reaches tentative deal with ECHL after strike postpones Jacksonville Icemen game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 After a strike that postponed the Jacksonville Icemen\u2019s Friday night game, a <a href=\"https:\/\/echl.com\/news\/2025\/12\/echl-phpa-reach-tentative-deal-on-new-collective-bargaining-agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/echl.com\/news\/2025\/12\/echl-phpa-reach-tentative-deal-on-new-collective-bargaining-agreement\">tentative agreement<\/a> was reached between the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) and the Professional Hockey Players\u2019 Association (PHPA) on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Professional Hockey Players\u2019 Association (PHPA) had announced a strike deadline for Friday amid ongoing labor negotiations with the ECHL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Jacksonville Icemen\u2019s Friday night game against the Orlando Solar Bears had to be postponed as the ECHL required all players to go on strike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A tentative agreement was reached on a new collective bargaining agreement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The tentative agreement will not take effect until it is ratified by the PHPA\u2019s ECHL membership and approved by the ECHL Board of Governors, but players have been encouraged to prepare to return to play in anticipation of ratification and approval.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The PHPA said the strike stems from what it calls ongoing unfair labor practices by the league.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSlE6iZkXMs\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSlE6iZkXMs\/?img_index=1\">According to an open letter written to fans<\/a>, complaints ranged from long bus trips and hectic travel schedules to clubs supplying used equipment. The union says it is asking for better standards for health, safety, and working conditions of the players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Icemen\u2019s next scheduled home game is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, against the Greenville Swamp Rabbits.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 After a strike that postponed the Jacksonville Icemen\u2019s Friday night game, a tentative agreement was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[24664,4386,116,118,39026,117,110],"class_list":{"0":"post-99619","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-echl","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-jacksonville","11":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","12":"tag-jacksonville-icemen","13":"tag-jacksonville-news","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}