Fehr and commissioner Bud Selig spoke by telephone.

"We discussed the progress of bargaining and what the current situation was," Fehr said.

Negotiators planned to resume talks Tuesday in New York. Last week, the sides agreed on a $100,000 raise in the minimum salary to $300,000 and agreed to mandatory testing for steroids.

But the sides still are apart on the key issues of increased sharing of local revenue among the 30 teams and management's desire for a luxury tax on high-payroll clubs.

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