A new organization, founded by influential names in the sports world, has formed in an effort to get UFC fighters unionized.
The Professional Fighters Association (PFA) has been established with a goal to get collective bargaining for UFC athletes, it was announced Thursday in a press release. The PFA is hoping to get recognition of a fighters union through the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the release stated. And the group has the support of many of the major sports unions, like the MLPBA and NFLPA.
"PFA will not only be a union of fighters, but it will be governed solely by fighters," the release said.