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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...

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...

Senior quarterback Kain Colter displayed "APU," short for "All Players United" on his wristbands during a September game against Maine. Colter is leading the movement to attempt to get Northwestern football players represented by a union.

Kain Colter leading effort to get players represented by union

January 28, 2014

Senior quarterback Kain Colter is heading a group of Northwestern players seeking to be represented by a labor union, he announced at a news conference Tuesday morning. The effort, the first in history...

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