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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


Former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter — standing with National College Players Association president Ramogi Huma and United Steelworkers political director Tim Waters — addressed the media Tuesday after answering questions from attorneys for more than six hours at a National Labor Relations Board hearing.

Colter’s testimony pulls back curtain on Northwestern football

February 18, 2014

Former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter revealed new information Tuesday about the behind-the-scenes workings of NU's football team in his testimony for the College Athletes Players Association's unionization...

Updated: Colter begins testimony at second NLRB hearing

February 18, 2014

Kain Colter testified Tuesday in a National Labor Relations Board hearing to determine whether the College Athletes Players Association is to be certified as a labor union. The former Northwestern quarterback...

National College Players Association President Ramogi Huma, United Steelworkers Political Director Tim Waters, former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter, and USW President Leo Gerard held a news conference Jan. 28 to announce NU's football players would be seeking certification as a union. The historic announcement was the product of a years-long partnership between NCPA and the USW.

In Focus: From locker room to courtroom: How the union movement came to Northwestern

February 17, 2014

On Jan. 28, four men stood at a podium in Chicago with a momentous announcement: A group of Northwestern football players had signed union cards and were filing to unionize as University employees. Former...

CAPA, Northwestern present initial issues to start NLRB hearing

February 12, 2014

Formal proceedings began Wednesday as the College Athletes Players Association attempts to form a labor union for football players at Northwestern. CAPA and NU both presented their initial issues at...

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