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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


Northwestern University Graduate Workers during a May 2019 march. Graduate workers joined a national strike this week to protest police and racial violence.

Labor agency to revisit a past decision that ruled graduate students were employees

May 27, 2019

The National Labor Relations Board plans to revisit a 2016 ruling that classified many graduate students at private schools as employees, a move that could threaten unionization movements at universities...

A doctoral student rallies for NTE faculty unionization in 2017. The bid to form a union eventually failed Tuesday when formerly contested ballots were counted, and only two of the 25 voted in favor.

Looking back at NU faculty efforts to form non-tenure eligible union

October 10, 2018

A two-year long struggle to form a non-tenure eligible faculty union failed Tuesday after a final tally was completed by the National Labor Relations Board. Since NTE faculty first filed for the unionization...

A doctoral student rallies for NTE faculty unionization in 2017. A Tuesday NLRB decision to count contested ballots reversed an earlier vote count that unionized the faculty.

Non-tenure faculty vote against unionization after NLRB grants University request to count contested ballots

October 9, 2018

The bid to form a non-tenure eligible faculty union failed Tuesday after federal officials granted the University’s request to include 25 contested ballots in the final count. A final tally completed...

Communication Prof. Robert Hariman speaks during Wednesday’s Faculty Senate. At the meeting, Senate voted to support non-tenure eligible faculty.

Faculty Senate votes to support non-tenure eligible faculty, avoid unionization involvement

April 19, 2018

Faculty Senate voted during its Wednesday meeting to support non-tenure eligible faculty without getting involved in unionization efforts, after a contentious debate regarding an amendment that would recommend...

NLRB officials exit McGaw Hall. The NLRB General Counsel recently rescinded a memo that would have helped football players trying to unionize.

New NLRB General Counsel rescinds memo that labelled football players as employees

December 15, 2017

The National Labor Relations Board General Counsel rescinded an advice memorandum on Dec. 1 that labelled scholarship football players as employees under the National Labor Relations Act. The memo,...

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