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NLRB Official Fouls Dartmouth, Holds Non-Scholarship Student-Athletes Are Employees
A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that non-scholarship student-athletes on the Dartmouth men’s basketball team are “employees” under federal law. The decision gives the basketball team the right to vote to unionize, which would force Dartmouth to collectively bargain with its student-athletes
It is not even March and the madness has already begun. On Feb. 5, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Regional Director Laura Sacks issued an administrative decision (1) finding that Dartmouth University’s men’s basketball players are “employees” of the school and (2) directing an election in which the players can vote to join a labor union.
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