By Nelson Cary and George Stevens on Posted in NLRB,Union OrganizingEarlier today, the long-running saga of whether NCAA Division I football players are employees under the NLRA came to an end — at least temporarily. The NLRB unanimously declined to exercise jurisdiction over Northwestern University’s scholarship football players and dismissed the union election petition. In January 2014, Northwestern University’s scholarship football players filed a petition… Continue Reading
By Nelson Cary on Posted in NLRB,Union OrganizingBy: Nelson D. Cary, Michael J. Shoenfelt Yesterday, the NLRB’s regional director for Region 13(Chicago), Peter Ohr, issued a 24-page ruling in which he held that college football players at Northwestern University were employees entitled to the right to organize. Ohr reasoned that the players met the standard for an employee under the NLRA and… Continue Reading
