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NLRB General Counsel is an Ally to College Football Players Unionizing

by Josh Scharff | Feb 3, 2017 | Athletes' Unions, Labor Law, NLRB

NLRB General Counsel Richard Griffin formally concluded earlier this week that scholarship football players at private universities and colleges are employees under the National Labor Relations Act, with the rights and protections of that Act. In a General Counsel...

Big News Out of College Sports – Northwestern Football Players Have Right to Organize

by Josh Scharff | Mar 26, 2014 | Labor Law, Union Organizing

As we previously reported, college football players at Northwestern University submitted a petition and signed union cards to the National Labor Relations Board in January seeking the right to collectively bargain over terms and conditions of employment. The...

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