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NLRB Withdraws Proposed Rule Intended to Block Student Union Organizing

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March 18, 2021 On March 12, 2021, the National Labor Relations Board withdrew its proposed rulemaking that would have prevented college student workers from organizing unions.  As a result, the Board’s 2016 decision granting...more

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NLRB Paves the Way for Graduate Student Unions

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NLRB withdraws proposed rule intended to benefit private colleges and universities: The March 15, 2021 Federal Register contained an unwelcome surprise for private colleges and universities. The National Labor Relations Board...more

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Students May Unionize After All: NLRB Withdraws Proposed Rule

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) recently announced it was changing course on whether students should be considered employees and therefore can unionize. This change of course returns to previous Board...more

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Labor Board Withdraws Proposed Rule Excluding Student Workers From NLRA Coverage

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In an interesting turn foreshadowing a coming change in its leadership, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has withdrawn the rule it proposed in September 2019 to exclude student workers at private colleges and...more

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NLRB Proposes Rule that Would Deny Undergraduate and Graduate Students the Right to Unionize

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has proposed a new rule which would exclude undergraduate and graduate students from coverage under Section 2(3) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Specifically, students who...more

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Ruling Out Graduate Student Unions

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On September 20, 2019 the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) proposed a rule which, if approved, would exclude graduate and undergraduate student workers, who perform services in connection with their studies,...more

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What You Need to Know About the NLRB’s Proposed Rule Blocking Student Organizing

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The seemingly never-ending debate over private sector college- and university-student employment status continues. On Friday, September 20, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced its intent to propose a rule...more

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Proposed Rule Would Preclude Undergraduate and Graduate Students from Union Organizing

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On September 23, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that addresses the long-standing issue of whether undergraduate and graduate students who perform services for...more

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NLRB Proposes Rule Excluding Private College and University Student Workers from NLRA Coverage

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Upending recent precedent, the National Labor Relations Board, yesterday, proposed a rule that, if adopted, will exempt from the NLRB’s jurisdiction undergraduate and graduate students who perform services in connection with...more

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NLRB Proposes Rule to Settle Once and For All: Student Teaching and Research Assistants Are Not “Employees”

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As anticipated, today the National Labor Relations Board published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) proposing a regulation which would establish that students at private colleges and universities who perform any...more

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New NLRB Rule Would Stop Graduate Student Unions in Their Tracks

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Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released a proposed rule that would remove graduate and undergraduate students who perform work for pay in conjunction with their academic studies from the definition of an...more

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NLRB Proposes Regulation to Prevent Students From Organizing

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As we discussed in an earlier client alert, the National Labor Relations Board announced in May that it would be issuing proposed rules that would establish a “standard for determining whether students who perform services at...more

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Labor Board To Revisit Right Of Graduate Students To Unionize

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has announced that it will propose rules on the standard for determining whether students who perform services at private colleges or universities in connection with their studies are...more

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Healthcare Employers Rejoice? Recent Shift In NLRB Decisions Impacts The Industry

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A new Republican majority took hold over the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) at the end of 2017, leading to several significant labor decisions. Because the NLRB’s decisions and actions impact all industries, healthcare...more

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Student-Employee Unions: Should Universities Expect a Double U-Turn?

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Until recently, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) long held that private university student-employees were not considered “employees” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) because the relationship with their...more

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The NLRB Opens the Door to Union Organizing Among Undergraduate Resident Advisors at Colleges and Universities

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In what will come as no surprise to even the most casual labor law observer, last Friday an Acting Regional Director for the National Labor Relations Board created a new inroad for unions to organize undergraduate resident...more

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The NLRB Recognizes Student-Employees: The Effect of Columbia University on Private Universities

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In August 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) held in a 3-1 decision that undergraduate and graduate student assistants at private colleges and universities are employees under Section 2(3) of the...more

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NLRB Allows Student Assistants to Unionize, Signals Commitment to Expanding Its Reach

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Last month, the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB” or “the Board”) reversed standing precedent and held that student assistants at private universities, including both graduate and undergraduate teaching and research...more

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