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Labor/Employment

May 1, 2014

Players union vote a secret, for now

Last week, Northwestern University football players cast a historic vote on whether to unionize. By Eli M. Kantor


By Eli M. Kantor


On April 25, Northwestern University football players cast a historic vote on whether to unionize. However, their ballots were sealed, and the result of the secret ballot election will not be known for months - possibly years. This is because the day before, the National Labor Relations Board granted Northwestern's request for review of the NLRB regional director's March 26 decision finding that the university's "grant-in-aid&quo...

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