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Unions Call Time Out on College Athletes, but Campus Organizing Plays On

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The Dartmouth Men’s Basketball team, represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 560, requested to withdraw its petition to unionize on December 31, 2024. The petition, approved by the National Labor...more

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Student Athletes No More, NLRB Reinstates Scope of NLRA Section 7 to Include "Players at Academic Institutions"

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On 8 February 2022, the National College Players Association, an advocacy group for college athletes, filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), accusing the National Collegiate...more

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NLRB General Counsel Takes a Stand: College Scholarship Football Players Are Employees Under the NLRA

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In a memorandum issued on January 31, 2017, the National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel, Richard Griffin, provided a “guide for employers, labor unions, and employees that summarizes Board law regarding NLRA employee...more

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NLRB General Counsel Looks to Expand Reach of Federal Labor Law to Private Colleges and Universities; Believes that Scholarship...

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Since 2014, the National Labor Relations Board has issued three significant decisions related to union organizing at private universities: Pacific Lutheran University; Columbia College; and Northwestern University. ...more

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NLRB General Counsel Concludes Division I Scholarship Football Players are Employees under Labor Law

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Scholarship football players in Division I FBS private sector colleges and universities are employees under the National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Richard F. Griffin has concluded....more

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