Marty Walsh was less than halfway through his term in the Biden administration as labor secretary when the phone rang with an interesting opportunity — a job running the NHL Players' Association.
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, May 16, 2022. Less than halfway through the president's term, Walsh was in a comfortable spot in the Cabinet as labor secretary. Then he got a call about an interesting opportunity: running theThe former mayor of Boston and longtime Bruins fan was intrigued and earlier this year accepted the role as executive director.
Walsh has met more with Arizona's players than anyone else among the nearly 200 members he has spoken to so far. Several months after helping the U.S. avert a nationwide rail strike, this job hearkens back to the days when Walsh was president of the Laborers’ Union Local 223 in Massachusetts. With players aged 18-38 in various stages of their careers, he said the NHLPA membership is diverse in what it cares about, just like any other workplace.
Walsh called it a “very cordial working relationship,” while acknowledging there will be disagreements ahead “that put us on two different sides of a fence — and we will have to deal with that when the time comes.” Collective bargaining talks in the coming years almost certainly will bring that conflict.
For now, Walsh is trying to lead the way in preparing players for life after hockey and growing the game beyond the nearly $6 billion in revenue. He watches football, basketball and baseball differently since shifting from politics to sports, thinking about what other leagues have done and how it might apply to the NHL.
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