March 12, 2011 NFL Players Union Decertifies, And Work Stoppage Looms Edit Delete Tags Autopost The NFL Players Union has filed to decertify, decreasing the chance that weeks of talks with the league would be enough to avoid the NFL's first work stoppage since 1987.Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/03/11/134471027/nfl-players-union-decertifies-and-work-stoppage-looms?ft=1&f=1003Jeremy Bash George P. Bush Julián Castro Nathan Daschle