All posts tagged "National Labor Relations Board"

A day after football players at Northwestern University tentatively won the right to unionize, they and the Illinois school dug in for a lengthy legal and political battle that could reshape the multimillion-dollar sports business that U.S. colleges have built around unpaid amateur players.

(Reuters) - Northwestern University football players who get scholarships are school employees under federal law and can, therefore, pursue union representation, a U.S. labor agency decided on Wednesday in a move that has the potential to reshape college athletics.

By Amanda Becker

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reportedly reached a deal on Tuesday to avert a filibuster showdown in the Senate over the confirmation of nominees to head government agencies. According to the Washington Post, the deal, which Reid said will be finalized by Tuesday afternoon, came after an unusual late-night, closed-door bipartisan Senate meeting Monday night.

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to rule on a president's ability to fill vacant government positions without Senate confirmation, a decision that could overturn about 1,000 rulings issued by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

A three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. on Tuesday struck down National Labor Relations Board regulations that required workplaces to display a poster about worker's federal rights.