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NLRB Acting GC: Student-Athletes Are Not Employees

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On February 18, 2025, National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel William Cowen rescinded a September 2021 memorandum in which former Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo declared college athletes should be...more

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You Can’t Miss a Shot If You Don’t Show Up to the Game: Union Pulls Petition to Unionize Dartmouth Basketball Team

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On December 31, 2024, Service Employees International Union, Local 560 (SEIU), the union seeking to represent the men’s basketball team at Dartmouth College, withdrew its petition to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB),...more

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Dartmouth Basketball Unionization and What’s Next

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As March Madness officially begins in college basketball, it seems like the perfect opportunity to discuss the recent unionization buzz amongst college basketball athletes. Background College athletes have attempted to...more

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The Ayes Have It: Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Team Is the First Student-Athletes to Unionize

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The Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Team voted 13-2 in favor of being represented by SEIU Local 560. Dartmouth now has until March 12 to file objections to the election results....more

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Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Team Votes to Form Union with SEIU

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On March 5, 2023 the Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Team voted to organize with the Service Employees International Union, breaking ground as the first group of student athletes to form a bargaining unit in the Country....more

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Making Sense of the Dartmouth Decision | Part 3

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In Part One of our 3-part series, we touched on the background and landscape that led up to the Dartmouth decision. In Part Two, we explored the decision itself and pulled on the strings that the National Labor Relations...more

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Making Sense of the Dartmouth Decision | Part 2

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Having introduced the cast and set the scene in part 1 of this 3-part series, we turn now to the details. But before doing so, let’s get one thing out of the way – you likely won’t have unionized players on campus...more

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Making Sense of the Dartmouth Decision | Part 1

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It wasn’t cash, an NIL deal, or even an athletic scholarship, but it was compensation according to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 1 Director, Laura Sacks. By providing its men’s basketball team with apparel,...more

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NLRB Regional Director Rules Dartmouth College Basketball Players Are Employees, Setting Up Potential Landmark Board Case

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On February 5, 2024, a regional director for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Boston ruled that men’s college basketball players at Dartmouth College are “employees” within the meaning of the National Labor...more

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