Labor/Employment
Apr. 3, 2014
NLRB's Northwestern decision will climb the courts
While technically the decision only applies to Northwestern University, it could potentially affect all private universities. By Eli M. Kantor
In a groundbreaking decision changing the playing field, on March 26 Peter Sung Ohr, the regional director of National Labor Relations Board in Chicago, held that student athletes on Northwestern University's football team receiving scholarships are employees of the university within the meaning of Section 2(3) of the National Labor Relations Act, and therefore eligible to form a union. Northwestern University and College Athletes Players ...
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