Showing posts with label NLRB. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NLRB. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Guarding the Post: Winter has come and gone (hopefully), but a different kind of vortex hit the sport industry last week

 
The first step occurred 64 days ago. Kain Colter, the National College Players Association (NCPA), and the United Steelworkers announced the creation of the College Athlete Players Association (CAPA). The Association filed paperwork on behalf of the Northwestern University Football team to be labeled as employees and to have the right to form a union and collectively bargain for better treatment. Last Wednesday, the applicants were rewarded, and the second step begun.