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...
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...