Tag: National Labor Relations Board

Sports

A Reckoning for the Term “Student-Athlete”

When the NCAA coined the term “student-athlete” in the 1950s, it set in motion a propaganda machine that many scholars have taken shots at over the years.

August 26, 2020

Students

Bernie Sanders Introduces the Respect Graduate Student Workers Act

The Respect Graduate Student Workers Act was introduced on Wednesday by U.S. Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. This new piece of legislation would prohibit the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from developing a rule that takes away graduate student workers’ right to form a union. The proposed rule would impact around 58,000 graduate […]

January 22, 2020

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Scholars: Union Organizing on Campuses Signals Awakening

Faculty, adjunct instructors and graduate student assistants on college campuses across the nation are attempting to organize labor unions at an increasing rate, a trend likely to continue, according to some scholars.

February 22, 2019

Students

Columbia Teaching and Research Assistants Vote to Join Union

NEW YORK — Graduate teaching and research assistants at Columbia University have voted to join a union affiliated with the United Auto Workers. The Detroit-based UAW announced Friday the New York Ivy League university students voted 1,602 to 623 in favor of union representation. The voting took place Wednesday and Thursday. The Columbia vote came […]

December 11, 2016

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NLRB Deals ‘Minor Blow’ to Advances for College Athletes

The National Labor Relations Board unanimously declined jurisdiction Monday in a case filed by Northwestern University student-athletes seeking to unionize.

August 17, 2015