MORE LABOR PAINS FOR AFL? ATTORNEY SAYS NLRB TO FILE MOTION

          With the AFL in the "middle of its playoffs, labor
     strife is about to take center stage again," according to
     Mark Singelais of the Albany TIMES UNION, who cites Mark
     Levinstein, an attorney for some AFL players, as saying that
     the NLRB is "preparing to issue a complaint against" the
     league, charging it with "unfair labor practices." 
     Levinstein, who represented the players who "initially
     sought the charges this past winter," said that NLRB
     officials have told him that "they will seek to disband" the
     players' union, called the AFLPOC.  Levinstein added that
     "dissolving" the AFLPOC would "nullify the proposed six-
     year" CBA between team owners and the union.  AFL
     spokesperson David Cooper said that the NLRB "hasn't told
     anyone in the league office that a complaint is imminent." 
     NLRB Deputy Regional Attorney David Cohen added that "no
     complaint has been issued," but he "declined to say whether
     one is forthcoming" (Albany TIMES UNION, 8/10).