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Dartmouth basketball players union certified by National Labor Relations Board

ALLSTON, MA – FEBRUARY 10: Dartmouth Big Green players huddle as a team before the college basketball game between the Dartmouth Big Green and the Harvard Crimson on February 10, 2024, at Lavietes Pavilion in Allston, MA. (Photo by Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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The National Labor Relations Board on Thursday certified a union to represent Dartmouth basketball players after the deadline passed for the school to object to the election.

Big Green players voted 13-2 on March 5 to join the Service Employees International Union Local 560 – the first ever labor union for college athletes. The March 12 deadline was for objections about the election process; the school has appealed to the full board an NLRB regional official’s decision that the players are school employees.

Barring a successful appeal, the players and school will negotiate a collective bargaining agreement that would cover working conditions such as salary, practice hours and health care benefits.

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