the Players Representatives. The membership, by a determination of the majority of the voting members, can direct the Executive Director's negotiation approach with the Federation, including a specific action of which issues to address or not to address with the Federation. (b) All Collective Bargaining Agreements between this Association and the Federation, and any amendments or modifications thereto, shall be signed by a designated Players Representative or the Executive Director and shall require the approval of a majority of the voting members. Collective bargaining agreements The USSF and the Players Association entered into their first collective bargaining agreement in March 2001, which was in effect from February 1, 2000, through December 31, 2004. A second collective bargaining agreement, the "2005 CBA", was executed on January 12, 2006. This agreement covered the time period from January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2012. Each of these agreements expressly incorporated the terms of a corresponding Uniform Player Agreement and fee schedule. The 2005 CBA, however, also contained a "no strike, no lockout" clause, which barred the Players Association from authorizing, encouraging, or engaging in any strike, work stoppage, slowdown or other concerted interference with the activities of the Federation during the term of the agreement and barred the USSF from engaging in a lockout during the term of the agreement. In the fall of 2012, the organization began negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement. However, due to the soon approaching deadline for the integration of the Women's National Team into the newly formed National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), negotiations were complicated, and several issues remained unsolved. Regardless, the parties agreed to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), with the understanding that a fully integrated CBA would be executed once the remaining issues were resolved. Represented by John B. Langel and Ruth Uselton, in March 2013, the U.S Soccer and the U.S Women's National Team finalized their new collective bargaining agreement through 2016. This deal carried the federation and the women's national soccer team through the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. This new four-year CBA would consist on the terms contained in the 2005 CBA as amended, modified, and/or supplemented by the MOU. In December 2015, the new General Counsel Richard M. Nichols, provided the USSF with notice that the Players' Associations intended to engage in actions to terminate or modify the Memorandum of Understanding.