Strike is Off!

Even a work stoppage can't stop Lionel Messi.
Strike action had threatened to halt the world's top striker, but the Barcelona forward is now free to continue his tear through the record books this weekend after Spain's football players' union, the AFE, called off a walkout over unpaid wages that would have prevented matches in the country's top four leagues.
Lois Rubiales, the AFE president, said late Friday morning that enough progress had been made during emergency talks with Spain's professional football league (LFP), the Spanish Football Federation (FEF) and Spain's Sports Council to enable his organization to call off industrial action. "An agreement has been reached in record time," he said, adding that all games will now go ahead on match day 33 of the Spanish season, which is highlighted by the Catalan derby between Espanyol and Mr. Messi's Barcelona.
Had the strike gone ahead, it would have been the first time since 1984 and the fifth time in history that football in Spain was halted by a labour dispute.