In January 2022, a group of Dartmouth students working in the school’s dining halls formed a union. Their motivation: dissatisfaction with work shifts, pay and treatment.
The school refused to recognize the group as such until the National Labor Relations Board formally certified the unionization effort a few months later. And then, after a year’s worth of failed negotiations with school attorneys and administrators, the Student Workers Collective — which the students dubbed themselves — called a boycott.
In February, on the eve of the strike, Dartmouth officials relented. The students successfully collectively bargained a significant pay increase to $21 an hour.
In a little-known fact, at least one member of the Dartmouth men’s basketball team worked in the dining hall. The player or players — there were potentially more than one — were exposed to the unionization effort.
Months after the dining hall student workers collectively bargained, members of the men’s basketball team hope to do the same.
In news that leaked Thursday, Dartmouth men’s basketball players became the first college sports team to seek employment status and unionization since the Northwestern football players’ failed effort in 2015.
What players are seeking from the school remains unclear, but the expectation is their requests will center around similar demands of those working in the dining halls: a student wage, more medical coverage and better treatment in a variety of team-related issues.
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