Topics: Union-Management Relations
In September 2023, the Service Employees International Union filed a Petition to represent the players on the Dartmouth College “Men’s Basketball Team.” In March 2024, an election was held. Dartmouth College’s mens’ basketball team voted 13-2 to be represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 560 with respect to the terms and conditions of their alleged employment.
Following the election, Laura Sacks, the Regional Director for Region 01 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), certified the election results and ordered Dartmouth to begin bargaining with the SEIU over the terms and conditions of the athletes’ alleged employment. Dartmouth appealed the decision to the full NLRB and refused to bargain with the SEIU, declaring that the basketball players were not employees. In the summer, SEIU Local 560 filed an unfair labor practice charge against Dartmouth, asserting that Dartmouth’s refusal to bargain violated its duty to bargain in good faith under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Following that complaint, Dartmouth released an official statement, which read in part:
“Dartmouth’s decades-long commitment to athletics is an extension of our academic mission, and we maintain that the regional director made an extraordinary mistake in finding these students are employees, . . . In March, we appealed the regional director’s decision to the full NLRB and continue to await their review. In the meantime, we...
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