The Major League Baseball Umpires Association said Thursday that umpires have been informed they will stop receiving paychecks in January -- the off-season equivalent of a lockout -- if there is no progress toward a new collective bargaining agreement before the current four-year agreement expires Dec. 31.
"They (management) informed us at a meeting on Wednesday that their current intention is to lock us out on Jan. 1," said union director Richie Phillips.
Management negotiator Bob Kheel said a lockout was presented only as one of the ownership options in the event there is not significant progress.
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