The WNBA labor fight is the latest in a the long history of women-led worker movements

""the worst leadership in the world""

""I think it's time that people know what's happening-the way that the league is not valuing us the way that we need to be valued,""

""[The players] are at the center of everything we do," "If the players in the W don't feel appreciated and valued by the league, then we have to do better, and I have to do better.""

""Women have never been passive in the workplace,""

Napheesa Collier publicly labeled WNBA leadership as "the worst leadership in the world" and said players are not being valued. Collier co-launched Unrivaled with Breanna Stewart and draws on a family legacy of diplomatic influence. WNBA players opted out of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement, prompting time-sensitive negotiations and an agreed 30-day extension that sets a new deadline of November 30. Commissioner Cathy Engelbert acknowledged the need to do better if players feel unappreciated. UC Santa Barbara labor historian Dr. Eileen Boris noted a long history of women organizing and insisted women have not been passive in the workplace.

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