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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


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...

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...

Reaction: Northwestern football players seek labor union representation

January 28, 2014

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