By: Bradford L. Livingston, Esq.
On the eve of a new college football season, the referees at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) got it right on instant replay: they called off the game. In a ruling earlier today, the NLRB’s five Members unanimously declined to assert jurisdiction over Northwestern’s scholarship football athletes. […
By: Bradford L. Livingston, Esq.
Earlier today and as expected, the five-member NLRB announced that it had granted Northwestern University’s request to review NLRB Regional Director Peter Ohr’s decision that Northwestern’s scholarship football players are “employees” within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act. After the players vote in a secret ballot election…
By: Bradford L. Livingston, Esq.
In previous posts about possible unionization by Northwestern University’s scholarship football players, I likened the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) to referees who had committed a false start penalty and showed how the union’s game wasn’t just against Northwestern. This time – in a gridiron battle of acronyms worthy…
By: Bradford L. Livingston, Esq.
After last week’s post “College Football Unions: Throw the Flag for a False Start,” several readers asked what might happen if the NLRB is eventually upheld in finding that Northwestern University’s scholarship football players are “employees” under Section 2(3) of the National Labor Relations Act and therefore…
By: Bradford L. Livingston, Esq.
Although it’s still the first set of downs in the game between Northwestern University and CAPA (the College Athletes Players Association union seeking to represent Northwestern’s football players) let’s take an instant replay time out to review the last play — the March 26, 2014 NLRB Regional Director’s decision…
By: Anne D. Harris. Esq.
We recently blogged here about a group of Northwestern University football players who filed a petition for union representation.
On February 12, 2014, the Board held a hearing on the football players’ petition. Represented by the College Athletes Players Association (“CAPA”), the football players and Northwestern counsel each provided…
