MLB and the MLBPA will have their next bargaining session on Saturday, February 12, per multiple reports.
This would be the first session since the Players’ Association made an offer that MLB said it would respond to within a couple of days, and then said their response was “No” and requested federal mediation. The owners meetings are currently taking place, and apparently a decision was made during those meetings to re-engage with the union, rather than just continue to do nothing.
As has been noted, the owners locked out the players in early December, saying that they were doing so in order to prompt a sense of urgency about negotiations, and then did nothing for over a month.