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NLRB Dismisses Northwestern Unionization Petition

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Last Updated on August 18, 2015

NorthwesternStudent athletes came the closest they’ve ever come to being classified as employees when Northwestern scholarship football student athletes petitioned the National Labor Relations Board in early 2014. That journey, however, came to an end today when the full NLRB panel in D.C. dismissed the petition.

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