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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


Guest Column: What happens if NU loses its NLRB appeal?

April 22, 2014

The regional labor board director's decision finding that the Northwestern scholarship football players are statutory employees under the Labor Act presents a most formidable challenge to NU’s lawyer...

CAPA files brief in response to Northwestern NLRB appeal

April 16, 2014

The College Athletes Players Association filed a brief Wednesday responding to Northwestern's appeal of last month's ruling regarding the employee status of NU football players. In March, the Chicago...

Guest column: A look at Northwestern football’s changed landscape

April 3, 2014

A recent decision of a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board held that football players at Northwestern receiving grant-in-aid scholarships occupy the legal status of employees of the...

College Athletes Players Association leaders Kain Colter, Ramogi Huma and Tim Waters meet with U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. The trio spoke to several legislators about the details of their college athletes’ rights movement.

Northwestern unionization leaders turn efforts toward DC

April 2, 2014

Leaders from the College Athletes Players Association met with legislators in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to explain the Northwestern football unionization movement they’ve spearheaded. Former...

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...

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