Many of Schwinn's problems, including labor woes, high overhead and dependence on Asian suppliers who became direct competitors, had been visible in the industry for years.

They targeted Nov. 12 as a date for choosing a course of action that would help solve their labor woes.

And basketball's labor woes are next on the docket.

Hospitals, meanwhile, are facing their own labor woes.

Tagliabue said the labor woes the league is undergoing are not conducive to expansion for the new cities.

As America was waiting for baseball to heal its labor woes, a group of Manhattan sports-labor lawyers was waging another important battle.

Basketball has labor woes that could result in a work stoppage.

So, what if the sports world's labor woes met prime time?

Scandal, labor woes make 2011 one of sports' .

"Baseball players are a tougher sell," said Close, citing two common refrains: labor woes and the fact that the almighty shoe companies can't mass-market spikes.