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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Updated: NLRB rules in favor of Northwestern players union

March 26, 2014

A Northwestern football players union is one step closer to reality. The National Labor Relations Board ruled Wednesday in favor of the College Athletes Players Association, affirming CAPA’s claim...

Diebold: Justice is never convenient

Diebold: Justice is never convenient

February 24, 2014

A troubling thread has emerged lately in the conversation surrounding the National Labor Relations Board hearing to determine whether Northwestern’s football players can organize as a union: the notion...

Nadkarni: Re-focusing on what union hearing is really about

Nadkarni: Re-focusing on what union hearing is really about

February 23, 2014

Emotions picked up late last week in the Northwestern union hearings. It started with many former players going public with frustrations about the case, defending coach Pat Fitzgerald and railing against...

Putterman: CAPA's legal argument is weakening

Putterman: CAPA’s legal argument is weakening

February 20, 2014

The College Athletes Players Association has stated reasonable, valid objectives for improving the basic rights of student-athletes, none of which will help it be certified as a union. CAPA’s hopes...

Nadkarni: Northwestern’s ‘football family’ in public mess

February 19, 2014

Northwestern’s hearing in the union case with the College Athletes Players Association was moved from the National Labor Relations Board office to a courtroom starting Tuesday due to an increased interest...

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