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Why some college athletes want to unionize
Feb 7, 2024
A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that Dartmouth's men's basketball players are employees who can form a union.
Are college athletes "employees" of their school?
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Henry Epp
Nov 7, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board holds a hearing to decide on the question. The answer could radically alter college athletics and its division of revenues.
As pay transparency laws proliferate, some employers remain resistant
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Henry Epp
Oct 11, 2023
The laws are aimed at closing wage gaps within and between companies. But not all workplaces seem to want transparency.
Latest labor board ruling broadens who's considered an employee — for now
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Henry Epp
Jun 15, 2023
The standard for defining who's an employee and who's an independent contractor has gone back and forth in the courts for years.
Federal agency that oversees unions will get first funding boost in a decade
Dec 28, 2022
The National Labor Relations Board's resources have been stretched thin at a time when union organizing is surging.
Federal labor board lobbies for additional funding, staffing resources as Congressional deadline looms
Dec 15, 2022
The NLRB warns that no increase in funding could result in agency furloughs.
What expanding the "joint employer" rule will mean for unions
Sep 7, 2022
The National Labor Relations Board has proposed a new rule that would make companies that use contract, temp and staffing-firm employees more responsible for their wages and working conditions.
For public good, not for profit.
Biden administration picks to labor board could change the outlook for unions
Jul 15, 2021
A Senate committee is set to consider two Biden appointees to the National Labor Relations Board.
NLRB rule could make it harder for millions of workers to organize
Feb 26, 2020
It rolls back an Obama-era policy that held some corporations accountable for labor violations by subcontractors and franchisees.
Trump picks could reverse Obama-era labor rulings
Sep 26, 2017
Republicans have control of the NLRB for the first time in almost a decade.