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The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States federal government created in 1935 as part of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board consists of five presidentially-appointed members, who are charged with overseeing union elections and hearing complaints of unfair labor practices under the NLRA. less -

NLRB GC Files Complaint Alleging USC’s Football and Basketball Players are Employees

Robinson & Cole LLP on 5/25/2023

Are Division I athletes who play football and basketball “student-athletes” or “employees”? The National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel (GC) has filed a complaint against the NCAA, the PAC-12, and the University of...more

NLRB General Counsel Takes a Bold Stance on Student Athletes

Cozen O'Connor on 2/7/2017

More than a year and a half after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) ruled that Northwestern University’s football players could not form a union, NLRB General Counsel Richard Griffin announced his...more

NLRB Moves Closer to Finding that Scholarship Student-Athletes are Employees

Franczek P.C. on 10/13/2016

On September 22, 2016, the Associate General Counsel (“AGC”) for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB,” or the “Board”) issued an Advice Memorandum indicating that a number of policies in the Northwestern University...more

NLRB Decision on Student-Athlete Unionization a Win for Colleges, But Title IX Still in Play

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/26/2015

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a unanimous decision on Aug. 17, 2015, dismissing a petition filed by Northwestern University scholarship football players seeking to unionize under the National Labor...more

NLRB’s Unanimous Decision Is Major Victory for College Sports

Franczek P.C. on 8/18/2015

Yesterday, in a highly anticipated decision, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) declined to exercise jurisdiction over the College Athletes Players Association’s (CAPA) representation petition. CAPA asked the...more

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