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Northwestern Football Players One Step Closer to a Union

A ruling by the director of the NLRB’s Chicago office puts the football team at Northwestern one step closer to unionization, Dave Jamieson reports. The regional director of the Chicago office ruled that the players are employees and are therefore eligible to vote on whether to have a union. 

 

 

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