I have some experience with CB. Usually the employer side responds to emplyee offer. The league probably wants their next move to be a response to whatever the players’ complete list of demands is. Eventually they will give them a fraction of that.
I was commenting on the comparison that was made between Riel and Cornwallis. For the record, I don't think Riel should have executed Thomas Scott, it was one of the mistakes he made.
Unless your comment was addressing something else...
In collective bargaining language, the word is retroactive. It’s like getting back pay. Some clauses are retroactive to the day the previous agreement expired, others are effective date of signing, while still others are effective on a date agreed to by all parties.