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NLRB certifies union to represent Dartmouth basketball players

Mar. 14, 2024 13:38 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — The National Labor Relations Board on Thursday certified a union to represent Dartmouth basketball players after the deadline passed for the school to object to the election. Big Green players voted 13-2 on March 5 to join the Service Employees International Union...

Dartmouth men's basketball vote to unionize seen as overdue milestone to college athlete advocates

Mar. 06, 2024 08:34 AM EST

For those who have led unsuccessful labor movements involving NCAA athletes, the vote by Dartmouth men's basketball players to unionize felt momentous — even if they are still a long way from forming the first union in college sports. In a 13-2 vote in a building on the campus in...

Dartmouth men's basketball team votes to unionize, though steps remain before forming labor union

Mar. 05, 2024 21:56 PM EST

HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — The Dartmouth men's basketball team voted to unionize Tuesday in an unprecedented step toward forming the first labor union for college athletes and another blow to the NCAA's deteriorating amateur business model. In an election supervised by the National Labor...

Labor board gives Dartmouth's trustees more time to appeal as athletes prepare for union vote

Feb. 12, 2024 17:50 PM EST

The National Labor Relations Board granted Dartmouth's trustees extra time on Monday to request a review of a regional official's ruling that the school's men's basketball players are employees. The official's ruling last week cleared the way for an election that could create the...