BOSTON – The National Labor Relations Board on Thursday certified a union to represent Dartmouth basketball players after the deadline for the school to object to the election passed.
Big Green players voted 13-2 on March 5 to join Service Employees International Union Local 560, the first union for college athletes. The March 12 deadline was for objections to the electoral process; The school has appealed to the full court a regional NLRB official's ruling that the players are school employees.
Unless the appeal is successful, the players and the school will negotiate a collective bargaining agreement that would cover working conditions such as salary, practice hours and health care benefits.
