Breanna Stewart, Kelsey Plum reportedly air frustrations over CBA negotiations in letter to WNBPA head

March 3, 2026

With the clock ticking on the WNBA’s collective bargaining agreement negotiations, the union appears to be facing internal unrest from two of its biggest names.

Breanna Stewart and Kelsey Plum, two of the seven players on the Women’s National Basketball Players Assocation’s executive committee, aired out a series of frustrations in a letter to executive director Terri Jackson, ESPN’s Alexa Philippou and Don Van Natta Jr. reported Tuesday.

Chief among the reported complaints from the two players was “the lack of adequate player involvement” in the CBA process.

The WNBA and WNBPA remain mired in a CBA fight that is increasingly threatening the 2026 season with a labor stoppage. The two sides have exchanged a series of proposals in the past few months, but are now a week out from the WNBA’s self-imposed March 10 deadline for a verbal agreement. Even if an agreement is reached soon, the league will likely have to do an entire offseason’s worth of business in the month of April before a May start to the season. yahoo!sports