Rolling maul of work delays NZ Rugby collective negotiations

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Trevor McKewen
Paul McBeth
New Zealand Rugby has proposed a temporary rollover of its collective bargaining agreement with its All Blacks and other professional players despite expressing public misgivings about the player payment model.The NZ Rugby Players Association confirmed to BusinessDesk that it had agreed to a request from NZ Rugby (NZR) for the existing collective bargaining agreement to be extended for one more year after the two parties were originally scheduled to begin negotiations for a fresh agreement at the end of this year.The players' associati...

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