Baseball’s executive council on Wednesday postponed next week’s owners meetings in Seattle and decided the council will meet to discuss the sport’s long-running labor talks.

“It is important to bring the labor situation to the executive council for review,” acting commissioner Bud Selig said. “There still are several outstanding issues that must be settled.”

The council, which runs the sport in the absence of a commissioner, made the decision during a telephone conference call Wednesday. The council will meet with the sport’s labor policy committee next Wednesday, probably in the Chicago area.