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Unionism
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Tilting the Scales
Gimme a U-N-I-O-N!
Willa Bepayed is a standout attacker and a Senior on State Tech’s volleyball team. Willa read about Kan Doit, the Southeastern quarterback who’s leading the unionization drive before the National…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Northwestern Players Will Vote on Union
photo courtesy of tom213 The Northwestern football players will now cast their votes for or against forming a union. I wrote about this union movement previously here. Only scholarship players…
Minnesota Employer
Adjunct Faculty File Petitions to Form Unions
In a growing trend, adjunct faculty members at Macalester College and Hamline University recently filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to hold union elections. According to the…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
NCAA Board Endorses More Autonomy For Five Largest Conferences
By Gregg E. Clifton, Jackson Lewis P.C.
In an effort to restructure the Division I legislative system, the NCAA Board of Directors has endorsed a proposal that would give more power to schools in the five largest…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Northwestern Football Union Vote this Week
The scholarship players for Northwestern's football team will be voting Friday whether to unionize. As the NY Times reports, Northwestern has been fighting hard for the players to vote against…
California Employment Law
Why Would College Athletes Want To Be Union Anyway?
By Nancy Yaffe
What’s missing from the rash of news reports and blog posts about the NLRB’s ruling allowing scholarship football players at Northwestern to vote on whether to join a union is…
Employer Labor Relations
Will the NLRB Tackle the NCAA?
By: Bradford L. Livingston, Esq. In previous posts about possible unionization by Northwestern University’s scholarship football players, I likened the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) to referees who had committed…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
College Athlete Unionization: Good or Bad for Women?
By Tracy Thomas
From NYT, Amid Cheers, Union Bid Stirs Concern for WomenErin Buzuvis (Western New England) sees potential good:Given the current state of college athletics, there seems more potential benefit than risk for…
HR Law Talk
NLRB Regional Director Sets April 25 as Date for Northwestern Football Players Union
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Regional Director has set April 25 as the date for the union vote for Northwestern University's scholarship football players. As readers of this blog will…
Employer Labor Relations
College Football Unions: What Game Is Being Played?
By: Bradford L. Livingston, Esq. After last week’s post “College Football Unions: Throw the Flag for a False Start,” several readers asked what might happen if the NLRB is eventually…