The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) has ruled that graduate teaching assistants, i.e. graduate students who provide instruction and assist faculty with research as part of their own post-graduate education are “employees” within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Act), and thus have the right to join unions and
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Student Athletes as Employees – Second Down: The Steelworkers and The NLRB
By Steven M. Swirsky on
Posted in NLRB Developments
As we reported, earlier this week the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) decided that it would not exercise jurisdiction with respect to the representation petition filed by the College Athlete Players Association seeking to represent the scholarship members of the Northwestern University football team. The Board did not answer the question of…
NLRB Sacks Northwestern Student Athletes Union Effort-Punts on Real Issue
By Barry A. Guryan & Steven M. Swirsky on
Posted in NLRB Developments
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) has ruled in a unanimous decision that it is dismissing the petition filed by the College Athlete Players Association for an election declaring Northwestern University football team members who receive grant-in-aid scholarships are “employees” within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”). The Board explained…
College Football Sacked By NLRB: Scholarship Athletes are Employees
By Epstein Becker Green on
Posted in NLRB Developments, Union Organizing Campaigns
By Steven M. Swirsky and Adam C. Abrahms
The Regional Director for the NLRB’s Chicago Region has found that football players at Northwestern University who receive scholarships are “employees” for purposes of the National Labor Relations Act. Some of the football players blindsided the University, NCAA and college athletics by filing a petition to be…