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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 -

Dartmouth Basketball Players Vote to Be First College Athletes Represented by a Union

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/6/2024

On March 5, 2024, players on the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team voted to unionize, making the group the first college sports team to do so in the United States. Dartmouth College has already filed an appeal with the...more

Labor Updates: Recent NLRB Rulings on Scope of Union Bargaining Units, NCAA Athletes

Franczek P.C. on 12/29/2022

As we’ve previously reported, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB, or the Board) under the Biden administration has been issuing decisions that are more union-friendly and less favorable to employers. Earlier this month,...more

Running Backs' NLRB Petition Seeks To “Stiff Arm” NFL Players Association With New Bargaining Unit

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/29/2019

An upstart labor organization, the International Brotherhood of Professional Running Backs (IBPRB), has filed a petition with Region 13, the Chicago office of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), seeking to form a...more

Regional Director to Northwestern Football Players: Go Forth and Vote!

BakerHostetler on 3/28/2014

In a move that has surprised many, but not all, NLRB-watchers and collegiate football fans, Chicago-area NLRB Regional Director Peter Sung Ohr has determined that Northwestern University football players who receive...more

NLRB Holds College Football Players Are Employees, Can Unionize

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/27/2014

The Regional Director for Region 13 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held today that all grant-in-aid scholarship players for Northwestern University's football team are "employees" under the National Labor...more

NLRB Regional Director Finds College Football Players Qualify as Employees and Can Unionize

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 3/27/2014

In a stunning and potential landmark decision, a Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board has found that football players receiving grant-in-aid scholarships from Northwestern University (the University) are...more

Game Changer: NLRB Rules College Football Players Can Unionize

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 3/27/2014

Director of the Chicago Region of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Peter Sung Ohr, ruled that Northwestern University scholarship football players are entitled to have a union election because they are “employees”...more

Bracketology 101 – A Look Ahead at Legal Issues that May Change the Face of the Final Four

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 3/19/2014

This year’s NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament may be the last of its kind. This post explores some of the brewing legal issues that may force big changes to future “Final Fours,” and in turn, the legal rights and...more

Higher Education Highlights - Winter 2014

Saul Ewing LLP on 2/7/2014

In This Issue: - Guidance from the U.S. Department of Education on the Implications of Windsor for Title IV Programs - New law lets students “lawyer up” in student conduct hearings - Service Employee...more

Student Athletes’ NLRB Petition Looms Large for Colleges and Universities

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/7/2014

A group of Northwestern University football players recently filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking to be represented by a labor union. Although this request is the first of its kind, it...more

State Of The Union – What Are The Ramifications Of Northwestern University Football Players Seeking Union Recognition?

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 2/4/2014

Members of the Northwestern University football team have signed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board seeking recognition as a collective bargaining unit. While the issue of union organizing by student-athletes...more

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