’It Doesn’t Stop Here’: WNBPA’s Historic Labor Deal

Terri Jackson, head of the Women’s National Basketball Association players union, joins Scott Soshnick, Eben Novy-Williams and Michael Barr to discuss a host of issues related to the business of sports, starting with the groundbreaking new labor accord negotiated between the league and union. If ratified, the new agreement would dramatically increase salaries for WNBA players, and expand benefits in areas like maternity leave and family planning, travel and road accommodation, and free agency. The executive director of the Women’s National Basketball Players Association since 2016, Jackson was instrumental in negotiating the deal. She discusses the process, the unique ownership structure of the league’s teams, and its profitability. She also speaks more broadly about similar efforts in sports like women’s soccer and women’s hockey to improve athlete compensation and treatment. Hosts: Scott Soshnick, Eben Novy-Williams and Michael Barr Producer: Tim Herro To contact the reporters on this story: Scott Soshnick in New York at ssoshnick@bloomberg.net; Eben Novy-Williams in New York at enovywilliam@bloomberg.net; Michael Barr in New York at mbarr18@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Scott Soshnick at ssoshnick@bloomberg.net