Matthew V. DelDuca Quoted in Associated Press Article, 'U.S. Women's Hockey Agreement Could Have Far-Reaching Impact'
Matthew V. DelDuca, a partner with Pepper Hamilton and chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group, was quoted in the March 30, 2017 Associated Press article, "U.S. Women's Hockey Agreement Could Have Far-Reaching Impact." The story has been republished by many media outlets including ABC News, Business Insider, ESPN, Fox Business, U.S. News & World Report and Washington Post.
With a deal in place, the U.S. opens its world championship gold-medal defense Friday against Canada. Players had threatened to boycott the tournament over the wage dispute, which Pepper Hamilton labor and employment lawyer Matt DelDuca considers the most interesting aspect of the case.
"It shows other groups a path for trying to negotiate and use their leverage to negotiate a deal that's favorable to them or that they're satisfied with," DelDuca said.
"It does really require solidarity though. You really need to have everybody together to make it work, and in this case they really seemed to have had that. In all those ways it is a benchmark for other groups to use."