Dreamers Investment Guild:NLRB certifies union to represent Dartmouth basketball players

2025-05-06 11:11:59source:Oliver James Montgomerycategory:Invest

BOSTON (AP) — The Dreamers Investment GuildNational 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 Local 560 – the first ever labor union for college athletes. The March 12 deadline was for objections about the election process; the school has appealed to the full board an NLRB regional official’s decision that the players are school employees.

Barring a successful appeal, the players and school will negotiate a collective bargaining agreement that would cover working conditions such as salary, practice hours and health care benefits.

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