Tag: football players union

College Athletes Are Employees? Tide Players Wouldn’t Want to ‘Bargain’ with Coach Saban

By Richard Lehr, Shareholder, Lehr Middlebrooks Vreeland & Thompson, P.C. Nov 23, 2021 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Nov 23, 2021

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo recently issued a memorandum (GC 21-08) declaring certain college athletes will be classified as employees, giving them the right to unionize and engage in other protected, concerted activity. Read on to learn how things might play out in the real world.

Organized labor continues to branch out

By Maine Employment Law Letter May 23, 2014 HR Hero Line

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

by Connor Beatty Maine lobstermen, paralegals, and college football players may not initially strike you as the type of workers who would join a union. Yet, in the past year, each group has taken steps toward unionizing, highlighting the trend of the modern union with organized labor branching out into previously unimagined industries. Why would […]

No paydirt yet: Northwestern players have ground to cover before unionization

By Maryland Employment Law Letter Mar 28, 2014 HR Hero Line

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

Last week, we brought you an article about the UAW losing a recent election at VW and how it may be a sign of the end for the union. As unions struggle in some traditional areas, they are reaching out into previously uncharted territory, making headlines this week with the story of college football players […]